Death & Disasters
Discover objects, stories and blogs that tell us about death and disaster through London’s history.
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Death & Disasters
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Golders Green Crematorium: A London first
This Barnet building helped win widespread acceptance for cremations in Britain
Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
The execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1554
How the ‘nine-day queen’ met a bitter and bloody end
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Great Plague of 1665
An estimated 100,000 people died in London’s last major plague epidemic
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