The Great Fire of London

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    • The fire

      How the Great Fire started, spread and was fought.
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      Most of the medieval City of London was swept away by the Great Fire. Rebuilding took many years.
    • People’s lives

      How did Londoners experience the fire and how did their lives change as a result?
    • Society and politics

      The social background to the fire and its repercussions across the country and the world.
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Burnt brick

Burnt brick

Leather bucket

Leather bucket

Melted pottery fragments

Melted pottery fragments

Firefighter’s helmet

Firefighter’s helmet

Fragment of painted tracery from inside the medieval St Paul’s Cathedral

Fragment of painted tracery from inside the medieval St Paul’s Cathedral

Modern fire engine

Modern fire engine

Modern firefighter’s torch

Modern firefighter’s torch

Modern firefighting helmet

Modern firefighting helmet

Oak bed, 1620-30

Oak bed, 1620-30

Melted window glass, 1600s

Melted window glass, 1600s

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