1184. Glastonbury, town and abbey burned.
1292. Carlisle, destroyed.
1507. Norwich, nearly destroyed; 718 houses burned.
1544. Leith, burned.
1598. Tiverton, 400 houses and a large number of horses burned; 33 persons killed. Loss, £150,000.
1612. Tiverton, 600 houses burned. Loss over £200,000.
1731. Tiverton, 300 houses burned.
1700. Edinburgh, “the Great Fire.”
1612. Cork, greater part burned, and again in 1622.
1613. Dorchester, nearly destroyed. Loss, £200,000.