What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: The Friends' Meeting House - The Great Fire started close by 5th September 1694 - < Westgate 6 - ^ Leycester Hospital 4 Recorded plaque organisation: Warwick Society.
The Friends' Meeting House in Warwick was situated near where the Great Fire of Warwick began on September 5, 1694; this fire devastated much of the town, highlighting the vulnerability of wooden structures to widespread conflagration.
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