Bomb sites

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. Trinity House was gutted by bombing in 1940. It was rebuilt in 1953.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. This was one of the first City churches to be designed by Wren and rebuilt in 1671-1678. Some restoration was undertaken in 1928-1931, but the church was completely gutted by incendiary bombs in May 1941. Reconstruction was undertaken by Arthur Bailey in 1961-1962, the church being rededicated in 1962.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. The Salters' Hall that stood on this site was destroyed by fire during the air raids of the 10th and 11th May 1941. The site was redeveloped following the demolition of the hall in 1951.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. The proposals for rebuilding the City were presented in the 'Reconstruction in the City of London' report of 1947 by C. H. Holden and W. G. Holford to the Improvements and Town Planning Committee of the Corporation. One of the reccomendations was that St Paul's Cathedral should retain its architectural dominance, which it had enjoyed for 250 years, over the houses and commercial premises and lesser buildings around it.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. The church of St Olave's, built in Perpendicular Gothic style, dates from c.1450 with the tower being added in 1732. It was one of the few churches to escape the Great Fire of London in 1666, but was ironically gutted during the Blitz by enemy action in 1941. It was designated a Grade I listed building in 1950 and was fully restored in 1954.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945. This church, built in Perpendicular Gothic style, dates from c.1450 and was one of the few churches to escape the Great Fire of London in 1666. It was gutted during the Blitz by enemy action in 1941. It was designated a Grade I listed building in 1950 and was fully restored in 1954.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.

NOTES: A third of the City's buildings were destroyed by aerial attack between September 1940 and March 1945.

NOTES: This square, one of the three large squares in Mayfair, was laid out c. 1721. It was one of the most fashionable residential addresses in London until World War II.