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
Angel Street, London Angel Street, London Angel Street, once Angell Street, is a short street in the City of London that runs between King Edward Street in the west and St. Martin's Le Grand in the east. The street is recorded on John Ogilby and William Morgan's "Large Scale Map of the City As Rebuilt By 1676" which shows the plan of London after its rebuilding following the Great Fire of London in 1666. Today the street is made up on the north side of the former post office buildings of 1 St Martin's Le Grand and on the south side of the