In a fit of clearing out in 1834, the Exchequer ordered two cartloads ... Visitors to the Palace of Westminster that afternoon on 16 October expressed concern that heat and smoke was rising ...

16 October 1834 was one of the most dramatic nights in Westminster history. 175 years ago, accident and incompetence succeeded where Guy Fawkes had failed and the centuries-old chamber of the House Of ...

For over 100 years, the subject of J.M.W. Turner‘s “The Burning of the Houses of Parliament,” a series of nine watercolors, has been identified as the October 1834 fire that burned down ...

So why did the past loom so large during the planning stage? On 16 October 1834, fire broke out under the Lords Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, and quickly took hold. Within hours the whole ...

In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a huge ball of fire exploded through the roof of the Houses of Parliament, creating a blaze so enormous that it could be seen ...

On 16 October 1834, two careless workmen set fire to the Houses of Parliament. The sprawling medieval complex was almost entirely destroyed in perhaps London's most famous conflagration between ...

BURN DOWN PARLIAMENT: Historian Caroline Shenton will today live tweet the events of 16 October 1834, when the previous Houses of Parliament burned to the ground. Look out for tweets on ...

So why did the past loom so large during the planning stage? Page 1 of 7 On 16 October 1834, fire broke out under the Lords Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, and quickly took hold. Within ...

In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a huge ball of fire exploded through the roof of the Houses of Parliament, creating a blaze so enormous that it could be seen ...