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
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The 7/7 London bombings, 2005
On 7 July 2005, 52 people were killed by terrorists targeting London’s transport network
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
