Stuart (1603 – 1714)
Explore objects, stories and blogs to investigate life in London under the Stuart monarchs – a time of civil war, plague and the Great Fire.
Blogs-And-Stories
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
Collecting cash at Shakespeare’s plays
Tudor and Stuart theatres may have relied on these single-use money pots
Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home
London’s Tudor & Stuart buildings
Survivors of the Great Fire of London and buildings that rose from the ashes
Immigration & Identity
Immigration & Identity
The Huguenots in London
These French refugees worked silk in Spitalfields and silver in Soho, weaving a lasting legacy
London Places
London Places
The Monument to the Great Fire of London
A permanent, towering reminder of the 1666 disaster
London Places
London Places
Who are the Chelsea Pensioners?
British Army veterans have had a special home in west London since 1692
London Places
London Places
Richmond Park: London's biggest park
Richmond Park has been a wild haven for over 700 years
Architecture & Home
Architecture & Home
Nonsuch Palace: Henry VIII’s lost pearl
A spectacular Tudor palace demolished to pay debts
Health & Disease
Health & Disease
Nicholas Culpeper: A pioneer of holistic medicine
A 17th-century herbalist who challenged the medical establishment
