Transcript Fire in London 1665

The work done by the students of form 9a
Holstinin D., Robina M. and Mitrofanova J..
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During the reign of Carl II,
there were two tragic events in
the history of England. 1665 is
known as the year of the Great
Plague, it took away 65000
lives. One year later a new
problem struck England. For
more than 500 years London
had no fires: in the late 12th
century, a royal decree was
ordered to build a stone house
and cover the roof tiles.
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Sometimes there were fires in suburbs,
but the city center remained unscathed.
Despite the Royal Decree citizens built
their wooden houses too close to each
other and covered them with thatch.
Another problem in London of that
time were very narrow streets.
At night on September 2nd
fire started in Thomas
Farrinera’s bakery at Pudding
Lane. The wind had
already fanned the bakery
fire into a firestorm which
defeated all measures
against it. On Monday the
fire pushed North into the
heart of the city.
Order in the streets broke down
as rumors arose at suspicious
foreigners setting fires.
The fire stopped on 5th
September in 1665.
The fire burn 13500 houses, 87
churches, Royal Exchange, St. Paul’s
Cathedral and many other buildings.
The lost of money now estimates for
about £10 000 000. The people
convinced Rober Uber in this crime
and he was executed, although in
1667 Royal Court decided, that the
fire was an accident.
To escape uprisings Charles II
appealed to all the homeless to
leave London and all other cities
were implied to receive victims
of the fire and to give them jobs.
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There were made a lot of projects about renovating the City, but it
was decided to leave old plans of the building. But some changes
were made to prevent further fires: streets became wider, Thames’
quays became open and, what is more important, buildings were
built from stone and bricks.
Also the fire
helped to
eliminate the
Great Plaque,
which was the
main curse in
London in 1665.
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The Monument to the Great
Fire of London were erected
near Pudding-Lane by the
initiative of king Charles. The
authors of this monuments
were Christopher Ran and
Robert Gook, and now it is
considered to be one of the
most popular British
monuments. In Smithfield,
were the fire stopped, another
sculpture appeared – the
Golden Boy on the PieCorner.