This is often referred to as the ‘Great Plague.’ During the outbreak of 1665 - 1666, 68,596 deaths were recorded in London alone, while thousands more across the country died from the plague.

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. Bodies lined cobbled ...