1086. " all houses and churches from the east to the west gate
burned.
1212. " greater part of the city burned.
1666. " "The Great Fire," September 2-6.
It began in a wooden house in Pudding Lane, and burned
for three days, consuming the buildings on 436 acres,
400 streets, lanes, &c., 13,200 houses, with St Paul's
church, 86 parish churches, 6 chapels, the guild-hall,
the royal exchange, the custom-house, many hospitals
and libraries, 52 companies' halls, and a vast number
of other stately edifices, together with three of the
city gates, four stone bridges, and the prisons of
Newgate, the Fleet, and the Poultry and Wood Street
Compters. The fire swept from the Tower to Temple
church, and from the N.E. gate to Holborn bridge. Six
persons were killed. The total loss of property was
estimated at the time to be L10,731,500.
1794. _London_, 630 houses destroyed at Wapping. Loss above
L1,000,000.
1834. " Houses of Parliament burned.
1861. " Tooley Street wharves, &c., burned. Loss estimated at
L2,000,000.
1873. " Alexandra palace destroyed.
1137. _York_, totally destroyed.
1184. _Glastonbury_, town and abbey burned.
1292. _Carlisle_, destroyed.
1507. _Norwich_, nearly destroyed; 718 houses burned.
1544. _Leith_, burned.
1598. _Tiverton_, 400 houses and a large number of horses burned; 33
persons killed. Loss, L150,000.
1612. " 600 houses burned. Loss over L200,000.
1731. " 300 houses burned.