![]() ![]() The site is small and each of the shops in the row consists of a single storey above and a box front below. TikTok video from David Harry - The London Spy "The rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire took over forty years, but the little shop on Cheapside, along with its three neighbours to the west, were some of the earliest new structures to be built as the City recovered. #thelondonspy #davidharry #greatfireoflondon #woodstreet #londonarchitecture #cityoflondon #visitlondon #londonhistory #postfire #buildingregulations #cheapside #17thcentury #17thcenturyhistoryġ6.1K Likes, 305 Comments. These included silver-sellers, wig-makers, law stationers, pickle- and sauce-sellers, fruiterers, florists and, as can be seen above, shirt-makers. According to Peter Ackroyd, in his London, the Biography, many trades have operated there since the stores were built in 1687. The rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire took over forty years, but the little shop on Cheapside, along with its three neighbours to the west, were some of the earliest new structures to be built as the City recovered. ![]()
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