Burnt Collection

Giordano Bruno Burns
GIORDANO BRUNO Italian philosopher, arrested by the Inquisition and burnt at the stake in Rome for scientific heresy, 17 February 1600

Alexandria Library
Scholars examine the scrolls of the library of Alexandria, the greatest collection of the ancient world, burnt in 47 and finally destroyed by Moslem general Amrou 22 December 640

The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland
The Easter Rising also known as the Easter (or Irish ) Rebellion and referred to erroneously in some contemporary British reports as the Sinn Fein Rebellion - an armed insurrection staged in Ireland

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

Spontaneous Combustion
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION The remains of Dr John Irving Bentley (age 92) almost totally burnt in his home at Coudersport, Pennsylvania

Thurso Castle
The entrance gateway to Thurso Castle a 17th century stone tower house, absorbed into a 19th century baronial mansion, which sadly burned down. Date: 17th century

Alexandra Palace, north London, England. The original 1873 building dramatically burnt down, only 16 days after it had opened. It was quickly rebuilt and re-opened in 1875

Joan of Arc Kisses Cross
JOAN OF ARC She kisses the cross before being burned at the stake, in Rouen, 30 May 1431

Alexandra Palace, north London, England. The original 1873 building dramatically burnt down, only 16 days after it had opened. It was quickly rebuilt and re-opened in 1875

Sawtre, Lollard, Burns
William Sawtre, priest of St Osyths church, London, is burnt for following the heretical views of Wyclif : he is considered to be the first Lollard martyr

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIU
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a major school fire, Hackney
A major fire destroyed over 50% of the school roof and a quarter of the first floor classrooms at the Hackney Downs School in East London

Ruins of Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Ruins of the Red House, a government building in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. It was set on fire during the Water Riots in March 1903. circa 1903

Ruins of the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany
Ruins of the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany. Date: late 1940s

A corner of London Wall, City of London. In the foreground is part of St, Giles Cripplegate Church, restored after having been burnt out during the Blitz in 1940. Date: early 1960s

The General Strike - Elephant & Castle
Burnt out bus incident at the Elephant & Castle, showing a portion of the bus on the left while mounted policemen control the crowds

NFS (London Region) ordinary fire in Islington, WW2
A fire in a shop and dwelling in Liverpool Street, Islington, North London. Despite the lull in enemy bombing, ordinary fires were still commonplace and some were of a serious nature

Policemen guarding house in Sidney Street, East London
Policemen guarding the devastated house in Sidney Street, East London, after the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

ALEXANDRA PALACE
Alexandra Palace, north London, England. The original 1873 building dramatically burnt down, only 16 days after it had opened. It was quickly rebuilt and re-opened in 1875. Date: 1875

Jan Hus / Burnt at Stake
JAN HUS Czech religious leader Jan Hus is burnt at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2
Blitz in London -- incendiary device which burnt itself out on an asphalt roof. Date: 1940s

Firemen at Chipping Norton Workhouse, Oxfordshire
Firemen stand in a burnt-out section of the Chipping Norton workhouse in Oxfordshire following a fire on 19 March 1911. Sewing machines and cotton reels amongst the debris indicate a sewing room

Bomb damage in Plymouth
The morning after the raid - Plymouth. Mr Widdicombe walks through the bombed streets to salvage what he can of his belongings

Royal Exchange, London
A policeman directs traffic outside the Royal Exchange, which was opened by Queen Victoria in 1844; this is the third built on the site: the first burnt down in 1666

Wyclif / Fox Martyrs / Burnt
JOHN WYCLIF In 1425 his body is exhumed and burnt at Lutterworth by the ecclesiastical establishment and his ashes cast into the river

Queenwood College
Housed in the former Richard Owen Socialist community building Harmony Hall (built 1841) between 1847-1896. Burnt down in 1903. Former maths master: John Tyndall

EDINBURGH / COOKEs 1779
Edinburgh: general view of the Castle and City

A roast pig on a spit, West Country. Date: circa 1960s

Altar of Incense
Incense offering in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense during the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period

King Alfred of Wessex burns the cakes
One popular legend from the life of Alfred the Great (849-899 AD), originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how after fleeing to the Somerset Levels

Elizabeth Gaunt Burnt At The Stake

Archbishop Cranmer Burnt At The Stake

WW1 Belgian woman and children begging in front of their burnt out home

Programme cover, Chessington Zoo & Circus
Burnt Stub, the home of Chessington Zoo & Circus, Surrey. Date: 1945

Japan - Charcoal Dealer
Charcoal Dealer, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Madame Tussaud's fire debris
A fire at Madame Tussauds wax figures museum caused it to be burnt to the ground in 1925. The fire took one and a half hours to get put out. Everything melted within

American Usa America Attack Men Army Soldiers
american, usa, america, attack, men, army, soldiers, troops, saint, st, pierre, western, front, france, first, world, war, one, great, ww1, wwi, 1st, wartime, action, conflict, infantry, french

German trench, Somme, northern France, WW1
German trench with dead soldiers and burnt tree stumps, in front of the Bois de la Vache, south east of Eclusier, on the Somme, northern France

Crashed Allied plane at Fournes, France, WW1
A crashed Allied plane at Fournes, on the Western Front in northern France, during the First World War, with German troops and others gathered round. Date: 1914-1918

The great martyrdom of Nagasaki, September 10th 1622, in which 22 missionaries and native Christians were burnt to death, and 30 others, including several women and children, beheaded

War-torn Irun; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing the burnt-out city of Irun in northern Spain, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936. Irun was captured by Nationalist forces on 5th September that year

WYCLIF'S ASHES SCATTERED
After his death, the Council of Constance condemns Wyclif for heresy : his body is exhumed, burnt and the ashes cast into the brook Swift, and carried to the wide world... Date: 1384

View of the front entrance from the street. Date: early 19th century

BURNING HERETICS BOOKS
When church reformers Martin Bucer and Phagius are put to death, their heretical books are burnt along with their bodies. Date: 1551

CLOTAIRE I king of Soissons, then of Soissons & Metz, then of the Franks : he burnt his revolting son Chram to death Date: 497? - 561

Monks meditate and die
Shahabad, India : six ascetics are meditating in the temple when a lamp sets light to a mat. Forbidden to move while meditating, they burn to a holy death. Date: 1939

The martyrdom of Jan Hus, Czech religious leader, seized despite promise of safe conduct, and burnt for heresy. Date: 1415

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