Event    From 1665  To 1666

Great Plague

Categories: Medicine, Tragedy

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.

 

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Great Plague

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St Olave's Church

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Harold Ridley

Harold Ridley

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...

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1 memorial
Molly Pritchard

Molly Pritchard

Psychiatrist and wife of furniture designer Jack Pritchard. Born as Rosemary Cooke.

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Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

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 ...

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1 memorial
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association

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...

Group, Medicine, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Dr John Waggett

Dr John Waggett

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...

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1 memorial

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Bank underground station

Bank underground station

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. ...

Place, Transport

1 memorial