London Heritage Walk: 1666 and the Phoenix City
210 min
3.7 km
14 stops
About this tour
In the early hours of 2 September 1666 Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane caught fire, and in four days most of the medieval City of London was gone. Samuel Pepys buried wine and Parmesan in his garden on Seething Lane. Self-guided in the StepQuests app: GPS between stops, stories you read on your phone.
Itinerary
14 guided stops on this route
Seething Lane Garden
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), a naval administrator, lived on Seething Lane during the fire. His 1660-1669 diary is the most detailed eyewitness account of the Gre…
The Monument
The Monument, a Doric column by Robert Hooke and Christopher Wren of 1671-1677, is 61.6 m high, and that number is no coincidence. It stands on the site of St…
Pudding Lane
At about 1 a.m. On Sunday 2 September 1666 a fire broke out. Farriner, his daughter and a servant escaped across the roofs; his maid became the first recorded…
St Magnus the Martyr
St Magnus the Martyr, the church nearest Pudding Lane, burned in the first hours. Wren rebuilt it in 1671-1687, adding the spire in 1703-1706. The great clock…
Leadenhall Market
There has been a market here since 1321. It sits above the Roman forum and basilica of Londinium. After the fire, displaced butchers moved in, along with fish,…
Royal Exchange
Sir Thomas Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in 1571. It burned on 3 September 1666. Edward Jerman rebuilt it in 1669, but that building burned again in 1838.…
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