In 1666 there was no organised fire brigade. Firefighting was very basic with little skill or knowledge involved. Leather buckets, axes and water squirts were used to fight the fire – but had little effect. How did they stop Great Fire of London? The battle to put out the fire is considered to have been …
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Fire squirt – a pump used to suck up water and then squirt it at the fire (pictured above). At least two people were needed to use them, as they were so large and heavy! Gunpowder – a kind of explosive. This was used to blow up houses to try and stop the fire spreading …
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architect Sir Christopher Wren. After the fire, architect Sir Christopher Wren submitted plans for rebuilding London to Charles II. An 18th-century copy of these plans is shown here. The narrow streets that had helped the fire spread are here replaced by wide avenues. Who rebuilt the City of London? Christopher WrenThe rebuilding of London was …
To stop the Great Fire of London a firebreak was created using gunpowder to blow up houses in the path of the fire. London was rebuilt using stone and brick, taking 30 years to complete. How did they stop the Great Fire of London? There was no fire brigade in London in 1666 so Londoners …
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The fire started in the home of a baker named Thomas Farynor (Farriner), located on London’s Pudding Lane. Thomas wasn’t your average baker, though – he was King Charles II’s baker. Impressive, eh? It’s thought the fire started when a spark fell out of the oven after the family had gone to bed. What caused …
A small London street between Eastcheap and Thames Street, Pudding Lane was made infamous in 1666 when Thomas Farriner’s bakery caught alight in a blaze that would go on to destroy 85% of medieval London. It was around midnight when the fire first started to spread. What happened in Pudding Lane London? The Great Fire …
The Clerkenwell Catacombs are a complex of tunnels originally situated beneath the Clerkenwell House of Detention, and once contained 286 prison cells. The prison is long gone, replaced by the Hugh Myddelton School, but the catacombs remain. Why were the London catacombs built? The catacombs and cemetery were opened by the South Metropolitan Cemetery Company …
9 January 1863 | Opening of the London Underground The world’s first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway opened in London running 6 km between Paddington Station and Farringdon Street. Within the first year, 9.5 million passengers were carried, in the second year, this increased to 12 million. What major events happened in the year 1863? …
The Great Fire of London, which happened on 2-6 September 1666, may have helped end the outbreak by killing many of the rats and fleas who were spreading the plague. Though most of the people who died during the Great Plague lived in London, the plague also killed people in other areas of England. How …
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German bombers dropped 711 tons of high explosive and 2,393 incendiaries. 1,436 civilians were killed. However, this proved to be the last major raid until January 1943. While London was bombed more heavily and more often than anywhere else in Britain, the Blitz was an attack on the whole country. Did the Germans bomb England …
