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
Flooded London
Before the Thames Barrier, flooding in London was regularly destructive and often deadly
Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
Why Charles I was executed
A tale of religion and Parliament which ends abruptly in 1649
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The medieval graveyard on Newgate Street
How 1970s archaeologists recorded the remains of 234 people buried nearly 1,000 years ago