While the transformation that the fire had wrought could be admired, the conflagration itself was an experience that those who lived through it would never forget. Stephen Porter, The Great Fire of ...

The 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London is September 2016, so we're visiting The Monument with David Laird, and taking a trip to the top of the doric column in the City.

Another widely spread belief is that the Great Plague that ... 80,000 inhabitants of London had their homes destroyed. 13,200 houses and 87 churches burned down. Officially more people have died ...

Wren also designed The Monument to The Great Fire of London, which was built close to Pudding Lane to commemorate The Fire and to celebrate the rebuilding of the city. A gallery of images showing ...