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 Great Plague of 1665
An estimated 100,000 people died in London’s last major plague epidemic
Projects
Projects
Inner rooms, inner minds: Documenting London's mental health crisis
The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns evidently had an impact on people’s mental and emotional wellbeing
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Mary I & the Smithfield martyrs
This Tudor queen burned Protestants at the stake for their religious beliefs
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Photography