It was called great as in big like the big fire of London, which it was, but great sounds better. It was the Great Fire, because not much of the old London remained after it had burnt itself out., it...
The Great Fire of London (1666) was no doubt a huge devastation to Londoners at the time with over 13,500 houses destroyed. The total value of the destruction (not just houses) was first valued at...
Although unproven, the theory that it started as a fire in a bakery in Pudding Lane has the widest acceptance. The London of 1666 was built mostly of timber,it was really only a matter of time to a...