Blood, Fire and Pestilence: The Dark History of the City

This walk, which starts from All Hallows, sets out to uncover the City of London’s unhappy associations with plague, fire, murder and execution. En route, we encounter: plague pits, the Devil’s ill-starred visit to a City bell tower, a Jack the Ripper murder site, a multiple axe killing, a man who was hanged drawn and quartered long after he was dead, the City’s most notorious execution place, and a fire that came close to destroying the capital completely.