London stories
Explore the stories of the world's greatest city and uncover the hidden treasures of our collections.
London Places
London Places
The Monument to the Great Fire of London
A permanent, towering reminder of the 1666 disaster
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
How the Great Fire caused a London housing crisis
Rent rises, homelessness and migration to the suburbs
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
A Spanish view of the Great Fire of London
A 1666 report shows the fire made international news
Art & Design
Art & Design
Wenceslaus Hollar’s etchings of fashion & fire
A 17th-century recorder of women’s clothes and London's skyline
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Great Plague of 1665
An estimated 100,000 people died in London’s last major plague epidemic
