In 1666 after St Paul's Cathedral and much of the city had been burned down over four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished. The Great Fire started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner (or Farynor) on Pudding Lane shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September, and spread rapidly west across the City of London. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the City of Westminster.
