12.The Imposition of Order
The City of London: The city prior to the fire in the 1660s (top) with the area in red showing the extent of the fire.
The two masterplans drawn up after the fire by Christopher Wren (middle left) and John Evelyn (middle right).
London in 1806 showing the persistence of the medieval plan but with the planned estates of Bloomsbury (1) appearing in the north west of the plan.
In November 1666, king and Parliament met to consider two masterplans drawn up for the reconstruction of London following the Great Fire. Just two months earlier, the disaster had razed 80% of the old city, destroying 13,200 homes and 89 churches. ...
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