In 1666 the nature of the buildings and the weather ... It was designed by Christopher Wren. The Great Fire of London was a disaster that saw around 436 acres of the city destroyed.

What did London look like before and after the Great Fire of 1666? View the animation to see contemporary etchings of the London skyline, showing the extent of the devastation.

On 29 December 1940, St Mary Aldermanbury and seven other City churches were badly damaged during a particularly devastating ...

London has burned, bled, and rotted — but never fallen. From the Great Plague of 1665 to the Great Fire of 1666, the city faced back-to-back disasters that nearly erased it.

Most residents lived in appalling conditions. After the Great Fire of 1666, which destroyed more than 85 percent of the city, London was rebuilt in a hasty and haphazard manner. Then rapid surge ...

The Great Fire of London in 1666 changed people's attitude and helped standardise urban firefighting. After the fire property developer Nicholas Barbon introduced the first kind of insurance cover ...

William Shakespeare’s four folios published more than 300 years ago are to go on auction in London. They are expected to ...

According to the City of London, in 1391, the south aisle was added to the curt and repaired in 1631, but was severely damaged in 1666 by the Great Fire of London. In 1941, the Blitz saw more damage ...