The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the... 62 KB (8,110 words) - 11:21, 30 March 2024 |
Park Monument to the Great Fire of London Palace of Westminster Parliament Hill Royal Observatory, Greenwich St Paul's Cathedral Tower Bridge Tower of London... 84 KB (10,420 words) - 07:31, 14 March 2024 |
Philpot Lane (redirect from The Two Mice Eating Cheese) 1862, or during the construction of the nearby Monument to the Great Fire of London in the 1670s. Some versions of the story have both of them dying, others... 3 KB (279 words) - 14:33, 22 April 2024 |
Zenith telescope (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) in the determination of astronomic latitude. Other types of zenith telescopes include the Monument to the Great Fire of London, which includes a central... 3 KB (289 words) - 12:11, 24 August 2023 |
were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666). The area has borne witness to many executions of heretics and political rebels over the centuries, as well... 67 KB (7,101 words) - 15:05, 10 April 2024 |
International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 May 2019. "Guard: I Saw Shots Being Fired at Queen". Media related to The Mall, London at Wikimedia Commons... 8 KB (944 words) - 09:48, 9 January 2024 |
music publication Monuments (film), a 2021 American film Monument to the Great Fire of London, or "The Monument", London, England Monument House, also known... 5 KB (531 words) - 14:13, 16 January 2024 |
Eastcheap (redirect from Great Eastcheap) street in central London that is a western continuation of Great Tower Street towards Monument junction. Its name derives from cheap, the Old English word... 16 KB (1,404 words) - 08:34, 21 April 2024 |
The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually... 33 KB (3,199 words) - 15:41, 19 April 2024 |
countries of the Middle East". The British Government is persuaded to present a site for a mosque in London for the Muslim community of Great Britain.... 13 KB (1,232 words) - 12:39, 9 February 2024 |
Scotland's Burning (redirect from London's Burning (round)) after the previous one. It may be an example of a nursery rhyme with tragic or violent themes. The London lyrics are said to be about the Great Fire of London... 4 KB (335 words) - 22:32, 10 July 2023 |
Piccadilly Circus (redirect from Shaftesbury Monument Memorial) of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin... 37 KB (4,026 words) - 14:57, 28 March 2024 |
Magnus-the-Martyr church, the Monument to the Great Fire of London, and the full span of London Bridge. The present day ward of Bridge was historically... 7 KB (692 words) - 05:09, 21 April 2024 |
London. It marks the spot where the 1666 Great Fire of London was stopped, whereas the Monument indicates the place where it started. The statue of a... 3 KB (330 words) - 20:55, 5 November 2023 |
in the UK, in Somers Town. 6 December: The city's Court of Common Council orders removal of inscriptions on the Monument to the Great Fire of London and... 162 KB (18,013 words) - 17:32, 6 April 2024 |
in 1543. Having escaped the Great Fire of London of 1666, the church fell into disrepair, becoming occupied by squatters in the 18th century. W. G. Grace... 30 KB (3,146 words) - 17:27, 5 April 2024 |
Big Ben (redirect from Palace of Westminster Clock Tower, Great Clock of Westminster) is the common name for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and by extension to the clock tower and the clock itself. The Great Clock of Westminster... 61 KB (6,921 words) - 18:13, 23 April 2024 |
St Paul's Cathedral (redirect from Cathedral of London) the aftermath of the Great Fire of London. The earlier Gothic cathedral (Old St Paul's Cathedral), largely destroyed in the Great Fire, was a central... 128 KB (13,691 words) - 10:12, 7 April 2024 |
Madame Tussauds (redirect from Madame Tussaud's London) figures, but fire damage in 1925 coupled with bombs during the Blitz on London in 1941, severely damaged most of such older models. The casts themselves... 37 KB (3,383 words) - 11:18, 24 April 2024 |
Baker Street (redirect from Baker Street, London) street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century... 10 KB (926 words) - 11:22, 18 April 2024 |
Scotland Yard (category Pages using the Kartographer extension) activity in London. The force moved from Great Scotland Yard in 1890, to a newly completed building on the Victoria Embankment, and the name "New Scotland... 21 KB (1,802 words) - 10:43, 18 April 2024 |
the St James's area of the City of Westminster, London. It runs from Piccadilly Circus in the north to Pall Mall at the southern end. Located on the street... 5 KB (662 words) - 16:31, 19 April 2024 |
Caius Gabriel Cibber (category Danish emigrants to England) Pope's satire The Dunciad. He also created the bas reliefs on the base of the Monument to the Great Fire of London; his reliefs at the Royal Exchange... 8 KB (919 words) - 09:47, 5 October 2023 |