The Great Fire of Northampton in 1675 destroyed 700 of the town's 850 buildings and claimed 11 lives. A programme of cultural ...

Also buildings were made using wooden timbers and were built close together, so if a fire started it was pretty easy for it to spread. No fire had ever grown as big as the Great Fire of London before.

S tanding tall at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, the Monument to the Great Fire of London is a ...

Crowds gathered in London Sunday night to watch flames devour a replica of the city’s 17th-century skyline to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire.

The Great Fire of London started on the 2nd September 1666. Here's what happened. BBC Homepage. ... Video, 00:02:55 How do movie star kids handle school and hobbies? Published. 4 days ago.

For the 350th anniversary of the fire, participants torched a wooden replica of historic buildings. People recovered from the Great Fire — rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral as it stands today.

History for Kids; On This Day; London's Burning: The Great Fire. By Bruce Robinson Last updated 2011-03-29. In September 1666 the heart of England's capital, the City of London ...

THE Great Fire of London ripped through the capital’s wooden-built City for four days and destroyed thousands of homes in 1666. Here’s what you need to know about the devastating blaze.… ...

The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books. CNN values your feedback 1.

350 years ago, the Great Fire of London destroyed four-fifths of the city. Jay Tidmarsh explains what Amatrice can learn from how the British capital rebuilt.

How did the Great Fire start? On Sunday 2 September 1666, a small fire started on Pudding Lane, in the centre of London. In the overcrowded city, with many homes built using wood and thatch, the ...