The Great Fire of London

1. The Great Fire of London By: Emily Barlow

2. Who? • The People of London were involved. • Diarists, Writers, Journalists, Architects, Surveyors, Firemen etc.

3. What? • The Great Fire of London. • London was an unhappy city. One third of the population had died from the Plague in 1665. • They had just been at war with France, the Netherlands and Spain.

4. When? • The fire started on September 2nd 1666 and continued going on for five whole days.

5. Where? • The fire started in London at a bakehouse in Pudding Lane and quickly spread to the whole city. But of course London was much smaller in those days.

6. Why? • It started because Bakers used open fires and there were high winds so the wind blew the flames until it spread to the whole city.

7. How? • Historians believe that the fire started because one of the members of the bakehouse failed to get the oven working so then it all went wrong and the fire started to spread all around the city of London. • Other People believe that the fire started because wooden houses were crowded together and many of them leaned over the narrow streets.

8. Interesting Facts • 13,200 houses, four fifths of London and 436 acres in all had been destroyed. • St. Paul’s Cathedral was destroyed. Later Sir Christopher Wren designed the one that still stands today. • It is said that the fire helped to get rid of the remaining rats which had brought the Plague the previous year.

9. Bibliography • www.museumoflondon.org.uk: Sections Context of the fire and Impact of the fire. • www.google.com • The Big book of British History by: Philip Steele and Fiona Macdonald.