Following the success of Downton Abbey and Mr Selfridge, ITV have commissioned The Great Fire of London, a four-part drama. By Alice Vincent 26 April 2013 • 11:02pm Samuel Pepys will feature in ...

More than 13,000 houses were destroyed in the blaze that swept through the capital in September 1666. But don’t take our word for it – these people were actually there ...

The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed the heart of England's capital city. ... WATCH: London's lost city. Sadly for the men who dreamt of progress, Wren's brave new city was rejected.

If you had been in London on September 2 1666, the chances are you’d remember exactly where you were and who you were with. This was the day the Great Fire began, sweeping across the city for ...

Fires happened fairly regularly in 17th century London and so there were regimented responses set in place. On the fateful night in 1666, bands of fire-fighting men would have appeared in Pudding ...

Discover facts about the Great Fire of London which devastated the heart of England's capital in 1666. ... A City Full of People: Men and Women of London 1650-1750 by P. Earle (1994) ...

It has been 350 years since the Great Fire tore through London. As the city marks the anniversary, we take a look back at how it all unfolded and who was to blame.