Plaque

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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City Pest House

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Islington Council

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