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Photograph: engraving of London before and after the Great Fire. There are 2 City panoramas. The second shows London in ruins.
Panorama of London before and after the fire
Photograph: map of London in 1666 after the Great Fire. The burnt area is shown in white.
Map of the burnt area

What was destroyed?

 

  • 436 acres (373 acres within the City walls and 63 outside)
  • 13,200 houses
  • 87 churches (out of 109)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral
  • The Royal Exchange
  • The Custom House
  • 52 livery company halls
  • 3 City gates
  • Newgate Gaol
  • Sessions House
  • Guildhall
  • Blackwell Hall
  • Bridewell
  • Poultry and Wood Street Compters
  • Also goods in shops and warehouses (such as wine, tobacco, sugar, oil, hemp, timber, coal, books and paper), and people’s household goods.
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