The Great London Tornado of 1091

Just twenty-five years after the battle of Hastings, London was hit by a tremendous tornado – one of the first ever recorded in the British Isles! It destroyed 600 houses and lifted the roof clean of St. Mary-Le-Bow church in Cheapside. Coming hard on the heels of the Norman invasion, many Saxons may have seen it as a judgement from God …

Join Time Tunneller Matthew Wainwright to explore this incredible natural disaster, and think about how it might spark the beginnings of a story idea!

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