Europe suffered a number of bubonic plaque epidemics from 1347 – 1750. The last major outbreak in England was in 1665-6 and killed about 100,000 people, 20% of London’s population at the time. It was already mainly over by the time of the Great Fire. (A rather extreme example of the definition of history: One damn thing after another.) On the burial register at St Olaves, Hart Street are the names of 365 plaque victims.
Historic UK have produced a map of London plague pits.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great Plague
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Ophthalmologist. Born Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire. Died in Salisbury, Wiltshire. In WW2, he treated Royal Air Force casualties with eye injuries. He noticed t...
Psychiatrist and wife of furniture designer Jack Pritchard. Born as Rosemary Cooke.
Forensic pathologist. Born Leamington Spa, son of a manufacturing chemist. He was a pioneer in the science of determining the cause of death by examining a corpse and gave evidence in many cases ...
Originally established by John Wilder to support psychiatric patients on discharge from hospital at a time when the Mental Health Act meant that psychiatric hospitals were being closed and replaced...
At Elsevier Ruth Richardson writes:"That year {1882}, Dr John Waggett MD FRCS (1818–1909) decided to donate funds sufficient to erect a drinking fountain on the crest of London’s Notting Hill. Dr W...
London Underground station. It has a very complicated layout with many exits/entrances. It is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines, as well as the Docklands Light Railway. ...
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