Death & Disasters
Discover objects, stories and blogs that tell us about death and disaster through London’s history.
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Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
Why Charles I was executed
A tale of religion and Parliament which ends abruptly in 1649
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Silvertown 1917: London’s largest explosion
73 people died when an east London factory making TNT caught fire and exploded
Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
The execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1554
How the ‘nine-day queen’ met a bitter and bloody end