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The Great Fire of London
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The fire
How the Great Fire started, spread and was fought.
Streets and buildings
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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Guildhall Art Gallery
Painting: ‘Sir Hugh Wyndham, Judge of the Common Pleas’, 1670
Painting: ‘The Great Fire of London, 1666’ by an unknown artist after Waggoner
Painting: ‘The Monument from Gracechurch Street’
Painting: ‘The Ceremony of Administering the Mayoralty Oath to Nathaniel Newnham, November 8 1782’
