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87 days ago
Hinchingbrooke School, in Huntindgon, Cambridgeshire, was attended by the chronicler of the Great Fire of London in the 1640s.
3 months ago
The haunting question that set off alarm bells before the Great Fire of Windsor broke out during Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's wedding anniversary ⊖
The blaze began in Queen Victoria 's Private Chapel on the Berkshire residence and spread from there, as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip 's wedding anniversary celebrations went up in smoke.
4 months ago
The 'floating' 700-year-old church that has become a symbol of bonkers British brilliance - and a renewed pride in our heritage: JANE FRYER ⊕⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Built from stone in 1320, it has outlived dozens of kings and queens of England and weathered the Great Fire of London and the Blitz .
5 months ago
Gruesome history of church 'saved' by expert engineering: How medieval building survived Great Fire of London but then fell down because 'too many' burials undermined it ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Photos yesterday showed how the tower of All Hallows Staining has been balanced 45 feet above the ground as part of an ongoing office block development.
6 months ago
Samuel Pepys the sex addict and RAPIST: Great Fire of London diarist's shocking deeds revealed... by the man himself ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Samuel Pepys was a serial adulterer, a sex addict, a coercive predator, and a rapist, newly transcribed extracts from his diaries reveal.
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – sex and the city ○
Newly decoded extracts from his diaries expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious sexual predator
Samuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded a…
7 months ago
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Great Fire of London With Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman on CH5: How the Great Fire almost turned Pepys's £1k Parmesan into fondue ○
We've all asked ourselves the question: if the house is on fire, and people and pets are safe, what one item would you rescue? Diarist Samuel Pepys saved a £1,000 imported wheel of Parmigiano.
8 months ago
What would happen if the Great Fire of London took place TODAY: Terrifying map reveals the modern landmarks that would perish - including the Walkie-Talkie, Bank Station, and The Ned ○
In 1666 a devastating fire swept through London, destroying 13,200 houses and leaving an estimated 100,000 people homeless. Now, a map shows what that devastation would look like today.
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