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Tag: Seventeenth Century

Posted on:September 5, 2017December 13, 2020Important Events

The Great Fire of London: A Baker’s Tragedy

On this day, 5th September, 1666, the disaster that was the Great Fire of London finally drew to a close. It had burned for 3 days and completely destroyed the medieval part of the city within the old Roman walls. By the time the fire died out, 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, most of the […]

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Posted on:March 9, 2017December 13, 2020Women's History

Stand and Deliver, Your Money or Your Life: Female Highwaymen of the Seventeenth Century

As yesterday was International Women’s Day, I couldn’t resist writing a female-related post, and for this one I drew inspiration from a local legend in my area of the ‘Wicked Lady’. If you happen to pass through Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, you will probably notice a pub with the same name, and may hear the legend of […]

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