Death & Disasters
Discover objects, stories and blogs that tell us about death and disaster through London’s history.
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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Mary I & the Smithfield martyrs
This Tudor queen burned Protestants at the stake for their religious beliefs
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Ronan Point disaster: Tower blocks’ demise
This 1968 accident rattled confidence in the buildings of the future
Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
The execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1554
How the ‘nine-day queen’ met a bitter and bloody end
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Saxon & Medieval
