On the 2 September 1666 a fire broke out in London's Pudding Lane that burned for three days, destroying over 13,000 houses and 87 parish churches. Drawing upon both qualitative and quantitative sources, Disaster and Recovery examines how London and the nation at large reacted to this devastating event. Beginning with a succinct narrative account of the fire and the subsequent rebuilding of London, the book then explores the response in terms of household movement and residential structure. Using Hearth Tax assessment records it determines what the topographic effects of the Fire...
On the 2 September 1666 a fire broke out in London's Pudding Lane that burned for three days, destroying over 13,000 houses and 87 parish churches....
