Plaque

City Pest House

City Pest House City Pest House
Inscription

Historic Site
City Pesthouse. Built here in open fields 1593. Used during the Great Plague 1665. Demolished 1736.
London Borough of Islington

Site: City Pest House (1 memorial)

EC1, Bath Street

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City Pest House

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City Pest House

From Islington:The Pest House was built in 1594, in the fields where Bath Str...

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Islington Council

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