The Great Plague of London
authorities
It is estimated that it
destroyed the homes of
70,000 of the City's
The death toll from the fire is
unknown and is traditionally
thought to have been small
By the 1660s, London was by far the largest city in
Britain
Many buildings were made of wood - The only major
stone-built area was the wealthy centre of the City.
Fires were quite common in the crowded wood-built city
with its open fireplaces, candles, ovens, and stores of
combustibles.
They had self-reliant community procedures for dealing
with fires, and were usually effective .
Unfortunately all that didn't help.
On 5 September the Great Fire was over.
Samuel Pepys's diary
(23 February 1633 26 May 1703)
Samuel Pepys, was an English naval administrator and Member
of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary.
The detailed private diary he kept during 16601669 was first
published in the nineteenth century.
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