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	Greenwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Greenwich (pronounced 'grenn-itch' [ˈgrɛnɪtʃ], or [ˈgrɪnɪtʃ] by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich.
		Greenwich Mean Time was at one time based on the time observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, before being superseded by Coordinated Universal Time.
		The observatory is situated in Greenwich Park, which used to be the grounds of the Royal Palace of Placentia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenwich (877 words)

	Greenwich Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Renamed the Palace of Placentia (or Pleasance), it was used by Queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI.
		King James I gave the palace and park to his Queen, Anne of Denmark, for whom a new residence, the Queen's House, was built by Inigo Jones 1613–1635.
		As the Royal Hospital School it occupied the Queen's House, formerly the residence of the Ranger of Greenwich Park, and later of the Governor of the Royal Naval Hospital, from 1806.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenwich_Palace (697 words)

	Greenwich, London, England
		Greenwich is a town, now part of the southeastern suburbs of London in the postcode district SE10, on the south bank of the river Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich.
		While Greenwich no longer hosts a working astronomical observatory, a ball still drops daily to mark the exact moment of noon, and there is a good museum of astronomical and navigational tools.
		The observatory is situated in Greenwich Park[?], which used to be the grounds of Placentia[?], the Royal Palace in Greenwich.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gr/Greenwich.html (297 words)

	Historic London: Greenwich Palace Part 2
		Henry VIII was born at Greenwich on June 28th, 1491, and baptised in the parish church by the Bishop of Exeter, the Lord Privy Seal.
		Queen and her Court at Greenwich appears in Paul Hentzner's Journey into England, in 1598, and the account of his reception by Elizabeth is minute and characteristic.
		Greenwich Castle was considered a place of some strength and consequence by the Parliament in the time of the Commonwealth.
	www.britannia.com /history/londonhistory/grw-pal2.html (1845 words)

	Central Greenwich
		Greenwich, the "‘Green trading settlement or harbour" is an ideal place for early habitation on an outcrop of flood plain gravel with the high plateau of Blackheath to the South and the mouth of the Ravensbourne river adjacent.
		The slopes leading from Greenwich to Blackheath, and the Heath itself of course, were prized development areas, particularly those plots that overlooked the park or had views of the river.
		On the site of Greenwich Palace William and Mary established by royal charter in 1694 the Royal Hospital for Seamen, a grand almshouse for sailors who were no longer able to earn their living at sea.
	www.ideal-homes.org.uk /greenwich/main/central-greenwich.htm (530 words)

	Greenwich Park
		The riverside section of the palace was rebuilt by Wren as the Royal Naval Hospital in the early eighteenth century.
		That part of the palace on the south side of the town centre is centred on the Queen's House, built by Inigo Jones in the early seventeenth century.
		Greenwich park itself is an extensive and quiet green space and is graced by plenty of trees.
	www.jbutler.org.uk /London/Greenwich/park.shtml (1084 words)

	Greenwich Guide - The Old Royal Naval College
		The manor of Greenwich passed to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and Regent of England, in 1427.
		He started building a palace near the river, to be named Bella Court, and enclosed the rectangular area of land which now comprises the Old Royal Naval College, the National Maritime Museum, and Greenwich Park.
		It was renamed the Palace of Placentia, and was to become the principal Royal palace for the next two centuries.The palace was extensively rebuilt during the period, especially during the reign of Henry VII.
	www.greenwich-guide.org.uk /rnc.htm (1034 words)

	Greenwich Guide
		Greenwich is famous for its glorious old buildings and architecture, but its early history is found on the banks of the Thames and the slopes of Greenwich Park and Charlton, where remains of a Romano-British temple and fortified hill settlements, possibly dating back to the Iron Age, were unearthed.
		Greenwich was transferred to the Carthusian priory at Shene and eventually passed to the Crown in 1530.
		Greenwich was superseded as a fishing town by 1900, its death knell signalled as early as 1849, when a new dock opened at Grimsby in Yorkshire and many Greenwich fishermen moved there for its greater access to the rich northern fishing grounds.
	www.british-publishing.com /pages/Greenwich/borought.html (1403 words)

	Greenwich Hospital: History
		Greenwich Hospital's greatest visible legacy is its magnificent buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren by the Thames in southeast London - in the shadow of Canary Wharf and the Millennium Dome.
		Greenwich Hospital also received the property of Captain Kidd executed for piracy some time earlier; and a proportion of the prize money won in the great naval wars of the 18th century.
		Under various Greenwich Hospital Acts of 1865 to 1996, the Secretary of State for Defence holds the Hospital's assets in trust for the Crown, for the Hospital's exclusive benefit.
	www.grenhosp.org.uk /history.htm (634 words)

	London Borough of Greenwich
		The view of central Greenwich and London from the hill in Greenwich Park is known and admired by tourists from all parts of the globe.
		The presence of the riverside palace at Greenwich beloved by Tudor and Stuart monarchs transformed the area from a small Thameside village to a substantial and flourishing town with grand houses for royal officials in the town, in Crooms Hill, and on land adjacent to Greenwich Park and Blackheath.
		The Greenwich district with its burgeoning businesses and population was administered in the nineteenth century by a clumsy and complex group of local government bodies: parishes, boards of works, a board of health, poor law unions, and, after 1889, London wide organizations.
	www.ideal-homes.org.uk /greenwich/main/index.html (542 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg30 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Elizabeth STUART was born on 29 Dec 1635 in Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Middlesex, England.
		Catherine STUART was born on 29 Jun 1639 in Whitehall Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
		Margaret STUART was born on 24 Dec 1598 in Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith, Mid-Lothian, Scotland.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg30.htm (2577 words)

	Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg758 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Henry VIII King Of ENGLAND [Parents] was born on 28 Jun 1491 in Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England.
		Daughter Princess Of ENGLAND was born in Nov 1518 in Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England.
		Mary, Princess Of ENGLAND was born on 2 Jun 1685 in Whitehall Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
	www.anusha.com /pafg758.htm (2489 words)

	Greenwich Theatre - Our History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		His offer to stage entertainment of 'high moral character' to the Greenwich Workhouse was declined by the Board of Guardians, and he was prosecuted and fined one shilling by the Greenwich Police Court for the unlawful performance of stage plays.
		Greenwich Council bought the site for demolition in 1962, but agreed to support the idea of a new theatre if there was enough local enthusiasm to justify it.
		Greenwich Theatre is seen as an important part of the regeneration of the local area.
	www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk /history.html (1516 words)

	Eltham Palace
		Eltham Palace is one of the rare important English royal palaces to survive with substantial remains intact.
		Eltham Palace's decorative schemes and furnishings are to a large extent reproductions by English Heritage, accurately recreated based on archive material and photographs to give an impression of the interior's appearance in the time of the Courtaulds.
		Eltham Palace was the first major commission for the young architects Seely and Paget, who had formed their firm in 1926, with Paget running the administrative side of the office and establishing contacts with potential clients.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo46/eltham_palace.htm (1378 words)

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		Henry VIII, whose favourite Palace this was, was born here, as was his daughter Elizabeth I. The Vestry survived the demolition of the rest of the Palace and was later converted into a house for the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, a position first held by diarist John Evelyn between 1697 and 1703.
		The original brick riverside palace at Greenwich was built by Henry VII between 1500 and 1504.
		Standing on the site of the Tudor palace where Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born, and managed by the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, the buildings and grounds house the University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music and are open to the public free of charge.
	www.greenwichwhs.org.uk /press/documents/HENRYVIIdigfinal.doc (706 words)

	Channel 4 - Time Team 2003 - text only
		'Greenwich Palace Revealed' is a free exhibition describing the search to uncover the royal armoury and tiltyard of Henry VIII.
		The Greenwich programme featured a reconstruction cameo involving the skilled armourer Emrys (he only uses a first name), also known as Master M. He made a breast plate for Tony Robinson, offering a glimpse of what Henry VIII's armourers would have been producing on the site.
		Every aspect of palace life – from the deliberations of the Star Chamber to the problems of providing sanitation for 800 people – is covered in detail, as well as the architectural history of not only the most important palaces, but also a selection of 'lesser' houses.
	www.channel4.com /history/timeteam/2003_greenwich_t.html (1919 words)

	Rider University > Student Blog: Greenwich and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		I heard it was snowing in New Jersey...While in Greenwich we did a little sightseeing, as usual, and found where the old medieval palace at Greenwich used to stand.
		Greenwich used to be the countryside, where kings and queens would take time away from the Tower of London and other city palaces.
		Unfortunately, the palace at Greenwich was torn down for Sir Christopher Wren's buildings, which are now housing the British Royal Navy Academy.
	www.rider.edu /~riderblog/2006/02/greenwich-and-more.html (642 words)

	Research guide A6: Greenwich and the National Maritime Museum: NMM PORT
		Greenwich's maritime history stems from its location on the Thames: there was a substantial fishing community until the late-19th century as well as much shipping activity related to London's role as a major port.
		In January 1821 the Hospital School was amalgamated with the Asylum, under Greenwich Hospital direction, to become the 'upper and lower schools of Greenwich Hospital'.
		L'Estrange, A. The palace and the hospital or: chronicles of Greenwich (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1886) 914.216
	www.port.nmm.ac.uk /research/a6.html (2837 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg19 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Henry (2) TUDOR Prince of Wales was born Nov 1513 in Richmond Palace, England.
		Elizabeth 1 TUDOR Queen [scrapbook] was born 7 Sep 1533 in Greenwich Palace, London, England.
		He died 6 Jul 1553 in Died of consumption, Greenwich Palace and was buried in Henry V11's Chapel Westminster Abbey.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg19.htm (951 words)

	Greenwich Guide - Greenwich Day by Day - May
		Ladies Hall at Sayes Court and attended by the daughters of the aristocracy was a very superior establishment and being situated in close proximity to the Court at Greenwich was where the Queen had her god-daughters, and perhaps her wards, educated.
		At Greenwich he received £3 per square yard for the ceilings and £1 per square yard for the walls.
		"The state apartments in the palace were turned into stables." (1) The depreciation caused by the advent of the Commonwealth was the death knell of Greenwich as a home for royalty.
	www.greenwich-guide.org.uk /may.htm (3534 words)

	Greenwich Palace and Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Greenwich was an important palace in Tudor history.
		Henry VIII was born at the palace, as were his daughters Mary and Elizabeth.
		The Tudor palace of Greenwich was demolished in the 17th century and the Old Royal Navy College now stands on the site.
	tudorhistory.org /castles/greenwich (138 words)

	Greenwich and the Stuarts : Greenwich, Tudors & Stuarts : Fact files : Learning : National Maritime Museum
		Greenwich was also popular with the Stuart royal family because of its closeness to the shipbuilding yards on the River Thames at Woolwich and Deptford.
		The noble prince himself, accompanied by the lord admiral, was on the poop where the great standing gilt cup was ready filled to name the good ship, as soon as she were afloat.....by drinking part of the wine, giving the ship her name, and then heaving the cup overboard.
		However, her enjoyment of Greenwich was interrupted by the Civil War.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.141 (1056 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Museums, Public Buildings and Galleries - Greenwich Hospital and ...
		Greenwich Hospital, originally built as a palace by Charles II., was founded in 1694 by King William and Queen Mary, for the use of disabled English seamen and their children, and for the widows and children of such as were slain at sea.
		Greenwich Hospital and Royal Naval College, Greenwich, S.E. — Greenwich Hospital is well worth a visit, although the old pensioners, which constituted perhaps its chief attraction, have been removed since 1871.
		But they are gone, and Greenwich will no more be noted for its groups of merry-eyed, bronzed-faced, patched-up old sailors, spinning yarns of their seafaring life.
	www.victorianlondon.org /entertainment/greenwichhospital.htm (2418 words)

	Maritime greenwich
		Greenwich is famous for its close maritime connections, and Greenwich park together with the exceptional architecture of the state buildings and the charming Georgian Town centre make its designation as a world heritage site well deserved.
		Greenwich was the birthplace of henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor and is steeped in Royal History.
		By the 1930's the smoke and street lights of London made observing from Greenwich Park impossible, so in 1945 the Royal Observatory was moved to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex and the old abservatory became an extension of the National Maritime Museum.
	www.places-to-go.org.uk /Maritime_Greenwich.htm (505 words)

	U.S. troops find lions and luxury in palace - Greenwich Time
		The dictator's clothes were hanging Thursday in the wardrobe of a luxurious upstairs bedroom in one of the dozens of compounds within a palace complex that stretches 2 miles along the west bank of the Tigris River here.
		Thursday was a day of revelations for the armored crews and commanders camped at the palace -- one of dozens built by Hussein, who is known for changing his location almost nightly -- as the battle for Baghdad wore on.
		The palace was so large deCamp had his men count the rooms and wrote down the numbers: 142 offices, 64 bathrooms, 19 meeting rooms, 22 kitchens, countless bedrooms, one movie theater, five "huge ballrooms" and one "football-field sized monster ballroom."
	www.greenwichtime.com /chi-0304110255apr11,0,6750753.story (611 words)

	Travelocity.com: Destination Guides: London
		Greenwich Mean Time is the basis of standard time throughout most of the world, and Greenwich has been the zero point used in the reckoning of terrestrial longitudes since 1884.
		Greenwich was the site of Britain's Millennium Dome, a multimedia extravaganza mixing education and entertainment.
		The fastest way to get to Greenwich is to take the Tube from Central London to Waterloo Station, where you can take a fast train to Greenwich Station.
	dest.travelocity.com /DestGuides/0,1840,NETCENTER\|2480\|\|\|0055032078\|F\|Y,00.html (1139 words)

	Greenwich Park, London SE10, tourist information from TourUK
		This beautiful 163 acre park is set on a hill between Blackheath and the River Thames, and once formed the grounds of Greenwich Palace and the land is owned by the Crown to this day.
		Greenwich Park was enclosed by Henry VI in 1433 and its brick wall was constructed in the reign of James I. The remains of a Roman temple and Saxon mounds have been found here but this lovely riverside park is more famous for its Tudor and Stuart history.
		Henry VIII was born at Greenwich Palace, then known as Placentia, in 1491.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_parks_gardens/greenwich_park1.htm (485 words)

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