Great Fire of London fire's destruction of much of the City. William Harrison Ainsworth's novel "Old St Paul's" is set during the events of the fire. "The Great Fire" was released on ITV television in 2014. It was shown in four episodes. It constructs a fictional scenario involving the Pudding Lane baker's family in an alleged popish plot. The round "London's Burning" is said to be about the Great Fire. However, the first notation of a song in this theme dates from 1580 as "Scotland's Burning". See . Great Fire of London The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through
Ravens of the Tower of London birds be removed, but Charles II refused to comply with this request. Another variation of this legend says that it was Charles II himself who disliked the wild ravens' droppings falling onto the telescope. The conversation with his astronomer that supposedly followed decided the fate not only of the ravens, but also of Greenwich, where the Greenwich Observatory was commissioned by the King in 1675. In this version of the legend the King complained: Yet another legend attributes the appearance of ravens in the Tower to the Great Fire of London in 1666. Wild ravens, as well as pigs and