Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c 1665. Engraving, possibly 19th century, showing a group of men with torches in a churchyard, preparing to empty the contents of a covered cart into the ‘Great Pit’ in Aldgate. Credit © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

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The Great Plague of London, 1665.

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