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.
have produced a map of London plague pits.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great Plague
'The Uncommerical Traveller' was the name of articles that Dickens wrote for ...
Re-designed in 1992. The arch was moved in 1994.
Lady District Superintendent in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1893-1923. Dame Grace in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
The splendid Lost Hospitals has been our source for this summary: Opened in 1866 as the Pimlico and Westminster Institute, a dispensary for women and children.  1873 the hospital bought and moved ...
Staff Nurse in the Clinical Neurophysiology Department, the National Hospital.
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