The map below shows a modern City of London, with the highlighted section showing the extent of the Great Fire. We have used Wenceslaus Hollar’s famous map of 1666 as our main source. As you can see, ...

Built between 1597 and 1614, this is the only house in the City of London to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666. 41-42 Cloth Fair in London’s Farringdon district Records tell us that the ...

The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted.