1. The work done by the students of form 9a Holstinin D., Robina M. and Mitrofanova J..

2. BEFORE THE GREAT FIRE  During the reign of Carl II, there were two tragic events in the history of England. 1665 is known as the year of the Great Plague, it took away 65000 lives. One year later a new problem struck England. For more than 500 years London had no fires: in the late 12 th century, a royal decree was ordered to build a stone house and cover the roof tiles.

3.  Sometimes there were fires in suburbs, but the city center remained unscathed. Despite the Royal Decree citizens built their wooden houses too close to each other and covered them with thatch. Another problem in London of that time were very narrow streets.

4. At night on September 2nd fire started in Thomas Farrinera’s bakery at Pudding Lane. The wind had already fanned the bakery fire into a firestorm which defeated all measures against it. On Monday the fire pushed North into the heart of the city.

5. The fire stopped on 5th September in 1665. Order in the streets broke down as rumors arose at suspicious foreigners setting fires.

6. The fire burn 13500 houses, 87 churches, Royal Exchange, St. Paul’s Cathedral and many other buildings. The lost of money now estimates for about £10 000 000. The people convinced Rober Uber in this crime and he was executed, although in 1667 Royal Court decided, that the fire was an accident. To escape uprisings Charles II appealed to all the homeless to leave London and all other cities were implied to receive victims of the fire and to give them jobs.

7.  There were made a lot of projects about renovating the City, but it was decided to leave old plans of the building. But some changes were made to prevent further fires: streets became wider, Thames’ quays became open and, what is more important, buildings were built from stone and bricks. Also the fire helped to eliminate the Great Plaque, which was the main curse in London in 1665.

8.  The Monument to the Great Fire of London were erected near Pudding-Lane by the initiative of king Charles. The authors of this monuments were Christopher Ran and Robert Gook, and now it is considered to be one of the most popular British monuments. In Smithfield, were the fire stopped, another sculpture appeared – the Golden Boy on the Pie- Corner.