The Rebuilding of London Act 1666 is an Act of the Parliament of England (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 8) with the long title "An Act for rebuilding the City of London...
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February 1676. The aim of the court, which was authorized by the Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 and the Rebuilding of London Act 1670, was to deal with...
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the City of London, uniting of Parishes and rebuilding of the Cathedral and Parochial Churches within the said City." In 1666, a similar act had been passed...
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The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the most recent major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England. It happened within...
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stone and brick construction to reduce the risk of fire. Parliament's Rebuilding of London Act 1666 stated "building with brick [is] not only more comely...
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Rebuilding of London Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 8), also known as the London Building Act, determined that street widths, as well as the heights of...
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list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1666. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great...
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The Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 was an Act of the Parliament of England (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 7) with the long title "An Act for erecting a Judicature...
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of the bridge. The gap was only partly filled by new houses, with the result that there was a firebreak that prevented the Great Fire of London (1666)...
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years to rebuild the City. 1667 8 February: The first part of the Rebuilding of London Act 1666, following last year's Great Fire of London, goes into...
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clear of buildings for a distance of 40 feet. Section 33 of the Rebuilding of London Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 8) was passed to that effect. This open...
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Cavalier Parliament (redirect from 2nd Parliament of King Charles II)
of burned buildings (Fire of London Disputes Act 1666), and passed a series of acts setting down regulations for rebuilding of the city (Rebuilding of...
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February 8 – The first part of the Rebuilding of London Act 1666, following the destruction by the Great Fire of London of 1666, goes into effect as royal...
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St Mary-le-Bow (redirect from St Mary Le Bow, London)
following the Great Fire of London (1666). With its tall spire, it is still a landmark in the City of London, being the third highest of any Wren church, surpassed...
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Great Plague of 1665–1666, which killed up to 100,000 people, or a fifth of the population. The Great Fire of London broke out in 1666 in Pudding Lane...
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Building regulations in the United Kingdom (redirect from Building Safety Act 2022)
Commission Eurocodes Housing in the United Kingdom Rebuilding of London Act 1666 "Devolution of Wales and split of Building Regulations powers | NBS". Archived...
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the king. St Thomas' was destroyed by the Great fire in 1666. Following the fire, a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under Sir Christopher...
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Christopher Wren (category People educated at Westminster School, London)
drawn. A Rebuilding of London Act which provided rebuilding of some essential buildings was passed in 1666. In 1669, the King's Surveyor of Works died...
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He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece...
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Bishop of Ely, was preferred to the rectory of St. Paul's where he served during the plague. The first known victim of the 1665–1666 outbreak of the Plague...
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of Christian worship. The denominations appended are those by which they self-identify. Before the Great Fire of London in 1666, the City of London had...
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Old St Paul's Cathedral (category 1666 disestablishments in England)
Paul's Cathedral was the cathedral of the City of London that, until the Great Fire of 1666, stood on the site of the present St Paul's Cathedral. Built...
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Old Devonshire House (category Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden)
after the Great Fire of London in September 1666. The house was built according to the regulations of the Rebuilding of London Act 1666, which laid down the...
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Coal-tax post (category History of the City of London)
of London since medieval times. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, Acts of Parliament imposed further duties to help pay for the rebuilding. Although...
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (redirect from Drury Lane Theatre, London)
they will begin to act again." For the royal order closing the playhouses see Latham & Matthews 'Diary of Samuel Pepys,' vol vii (1666), p. 76 note 5. Dobbs...
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Second Anglo-Dutch War (redirect from Anglo-French War (1666–67))
of eighteen months from 1665 to 1666, the Great Plague of London killed more than a quarter of its population. In September 1666, the Fire of London destroyed...
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running seriously short of burial space. A proposal by Christopher Wren to use the reconstruction following the 1666 Great Fire of London as an opportunity...
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All-Hallows-the-Less (redirect from All Hallows the Less Churchyard Act 1958)
destroyed, along with most of the churches in the City, by the Great Fire of 1666. In 1670 Parliament passed a Rebuilding Act and a committee was set up...
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Table of the Statutes" as 22 & 23 Car. 2. Stat. 1. Execution Act 1664 (16 & 17 Cha. 2. c. 5) Navy Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 12) Settlement on Duke of York...
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