After the Great Fire of London (1666), insurance was becoming more common, and the Sun Fire Office had opened an agency in Buckingham a few years earlier. However, this innovation was slow to catch on. A total of only 19 householders at the time of the fire seem to have insured their properties against fire damage
Houses that were covered by fire insurance often displayed a plaque like the one in Image 1. This was because private fire brigades, employed by the insurance companies, would prioritise insured properties, Can you find the plaque on the building in front of you?