History - The Restoration to Victoria

The Great Fire of London, 2 September 1666. The Monument, London

1666: The Great Fire of London, 2 September 1666.
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1671: The Monument, London. Monument to the Great Fire of London by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, 1671-77.
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Royal Naval College, Greenwich Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames.

1694: Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Sir Christopher Wren.
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1716: Frost Fair on the frozen River Thames.
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The Great Hall, by Sir James Thornhill, of Blenheim Palace Statue of industrial pioneers, James Watt, Matthew Boulton and William Murdock, Birmingham

1716: The Great Hall, by Sir James Thornhill, of Blenheim Palace, by Sir John Vanbrugh, 1705-22, featuring carvings by Grinling Gibbons.
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1770's: Statue of industrial pioneers, James Watt, Matthew Boulton and William Murdock, Birmingham. Boulton and Watt went into partnership together in 1773.
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Plas Newydd, Llangollen, Clwyd Balloon warping frame, Armley Mill, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Park Crescent, Regent's Park, London, by John Nash.

1780-1829: Plas Newydd, Llangollen, Clwyd, home to Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, 'The Ladies of Llangollen'.
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Early 19 century: Balloon warping frame, Armley Mill, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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1812: Park Crescent, Regent's Park, London, by John Nash.
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The Entrance Hall of Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, by James Wyatt. William Webb Ellis The Euston Arch

1813: The Entrance Hall of Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, by James Wyatt.
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1822: William Webb Ellis (1807-72) popularly believed to have originated the game of rugby by picking up and running with a soccer ball during a game in 1822, this is however a myth.
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1838: The Euston Arch, by Philip Hardwick, the original entrance to Euston Station, London. Demolished despite public protests in 1962 to make way for the bus stand in front of the newly re-built station.
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Memorial to victims of the Irish Famine, Dublin, by Rowan Gillespie Slave chains used for Livingstone's anti-slavery lectures in the Royal Geographical Society Interior of Leeds Town Hall, West Yorkshire

1846-7: Memorial to victims of the Irish Famine, Dublin, by Rowan Gillespie, 1998.
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Mid 19 century: Slave chains used for Livingstone's anti-slavery lectures in the Royal Geographical Society, London.
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1858: Interior of Leeds Town Hall, West Yorkshire by Cuthbert Brodrick.
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Twin doorway, Cardiff Castle The Train shed, St Pancras Station The Cutty Sark

1868: Twin doorway, Cardiff Castle, by William Burgess for the Bute family.
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1868: The Train shed, St Pancras Station by W M Barlow and R M Ordish, at 243 feet wide was the longest single steel span structure in the world and is still the widest steel arch roof in britain.
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1869: The Cutty Sark, launched 22 November 1869 at Scott and Linton Shipyard, Dumbarton, the last surviving tea clipper. Her last commercial voyage was in May 1916, she has been at Greenwich since 1949.
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 Anderton Lift, Cheshire Midland Hotel, St Pancras Station by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The Owl Suite, Cragside by Norman Shaw for 1st Lord Armstrong.

1875: Anderton Lift, Cheshire. Built by Edward Leader Williams, Edwin Clark and J. Watt Sandeman to lift boats from the Trent and Mersey Canal to the River Weaver. It was converted from hydraulic power to electric in 1908 and is currently being restored.
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1876: Midland Hotel, St Pancras Station by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
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1880: The Owl Suite, Cragside by Norman Shaw for 1st Lord Armstrong.
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Forth Rail Bridge Compton Chapel, Compton, Surrey Mill owners parlour, Weaver's Triangle Centre, Burnley, Lancashire.

1890: Forth Rail Bridge, from North to South Queensferry, Edinburgh. Built by William Arrol and designed by Benjamin Baker and John Fowler.
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1896: Compton Chapel, Compton, Surrey. Burial chamber by Mary Frederick Watts for her husband George Frederick Watts (1817-1904).
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19 century: Mill owners parlour, Weaver's Triangle Centre, Burnley, Lancashire.
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