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FIRE OF LONDON 1666​​​​​​​​
A fire broke out at Thomas Farriner's bakery in Pudding Lane, a little after midnight on Sunday 2 September. The family were trapped upstairs, but managed to climb from an upstairs window to the house next door, except for a maidservant who was too scared to try, thus becoming the first victim​​​​​​​​
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The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London for 3 days in 1666. The fire destroyed the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west. ​​​​​​​​
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Old Maps Library reprint map of: A Plan of the City and Liberties of London; showing the extent of the dreadful conflagration in the year 1666. Engraved for Noorthouck's History of London, 1772.​​​​​​​​
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