London two months. The fortifications failed their only test when the New Model Army entered London in 1647, and they were levelled by Parliament the same year. London was plagued by disease in the early 17th century, culminating in the 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 in the city and quickly swept through the wooden buildings. Rebuilding took over ten years and was supervised by Robert Hooke as Surveyor of London. In 1708 Christopher Wren's masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral
Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) (song) Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) (song) "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" is a song written by David Allan Coe, and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in December 1973 as the first single and title track from the album "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)". It topped the U.S. country chart on March 30, 1974, for one week and was Tucker's third number-one song on the chart. On the "Billboard" Hot 100, the song peaked at number 46. Only her 1975