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
The Zong Massacre Trial
The appalling case of 130 enslaved Africans murdered for an insurance claim
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Silvertown 1917: London’s largest explosion
73 people died when an east London factory making TNT caught fire and exploded
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Walbrook Skulls: A Roman murder mystery
Did these 39 skulls belong to gladiators?
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Decorative arts
Decorative arts
Christ's Hospital Mathematical School badge or disc (Christ's Hospital badge)
Bartlett, Horatio, Bartlett, George Eliot
1838; 19th century
Saxon & Medieval