Evelyn's "Diary" noted that the practice stopped in 1660, following the Restoration of King Charles II, although heads continued to be displayed at Temple Bar, about half a mile north west, as late as 1772. In 1666, the Great Fire of London first destroyed the bridge's waterwheels, preventing them from pumping water to fight the fire, and then burned one third of the houses on the bridge; a gap in the building left by a previous fire in 1633 prevented the destruction of the rest.