British History On-line puts the blame squarely on the "negligence of the steeple-keeper". There you can see the exact cost of the repairs to each element destroyed by the fire and the name of the firm that provided the repairs or replacement.
No one died so our category of Tragedy is perhaps overdoing it.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Christ Church Spitalfields - fire
Did they point out that the fire happened on Ash Wednesday because they saw t...
Foot and mouth disease (aphthae epizooticae) is an infectious disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals. Since 1967, Britain had been free of the disease, until an outbreak was detected on 19 Febr...
Natalina A. G. Cavanna was born on 23 December 1921, the younger daughter of Giuseppe Cavanna (1887-1962) and Maria Domenica M. Cavanna née Secchi (1898-1929). Her elder sister, Giovanna M. M. Cava...
Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion.
Alan Barry Cartwright. At 7.30pm 15-year-old Alan was stabbed to death as he cycled with three friends in the Caledonian Road. The attackers made off with two bicycles. A few weeks later, on 6 Ma...
Southbank Mosaics actively promotes equal opportunities and cross-cultural, inter-generational mosaic art work. The studio aims to draw on the historic roots of local neighbourhoods traversed by Sh...
From Tottenham Quakers "In 1798 Priscilla Wakefield founded the first "frugality bank" in England. This she founded at Ship Inn Yard in Tottenham. It was intended to help people on lower incomes t...
Music venue. Founded by Giorgio Gomelsky in the back room of the former Station Hotel in Richmond. The Rolling Stones, followed by the Yardbirds were the early house bands. The club's name came fro...
The first phase of what was initially called the Silver Jubilee Walkway was opened by the unveiling of a bronze plaque at the South Bank Lion, in 1977. The unveiling of panels marking new sections ...
Footballer. Born at Les Ulis, Essonne, France. He played for several teams and is best known for his time with Arsenal F.C. from 1999 to 2007.
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