Friday 24 June 2011 7 facts about the Great Fire of London

As this is post 1666, here are 7 facts about the tragic events of London 1666

  1. The fire started at Thomas Farrier's bakery on Pudding Lane
  2. The fire destroyed 70000 of the cities 80000 inhabitants homes
  3. Amazingly only 6 deaths were recorded, although there were probably many more that weren't recorded amongst the poor and middle-classes
  4. The heat from the fire melted the iron locks and chains of the city gates
  5. The fire burned for 4 days straight
  6. The fire eventually burned itself out when it reached the stone walls of the city
  7. After the fire Christopher Wren designed 51 churches, including St Paul's to replace ones destroyed in the blaze

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

awesome

Anonymous said...

Thanx so much