London stories
Explore the stories of the world's greatest city, from prehistory to the present day, 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
