Monument

To commemorate the Great Fire of London in 1666

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Walking Dickensian London & Dickens at Rockingham Castle

September 8th 2013
After speaking to both Kev, then Grace and finally Katherine on Skype I was all set to go walking in some of Dickensian London. Taking the Tube to Monument my first port of call was the Monument, built between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London in 1666. The tallest isolated stone column in the world, it's where Tom Pinch, in "Martin Chuzzlewit" gets lost in London. One of th ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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