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Greenwich (/ ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ / ⓘ GREN-itch, /- ɪdʒ / -ij, / ˈɡrɪn -/ GRIN-[ 1 ][ 2 ]) is an area in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is situated 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-south-east of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...
Greenwich Point is one of four beaches located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The beach sits on a peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound. It is a popular spot for Greenwich families to spend the day. Visitors to Greenwich Point typically jog, walk, or cycle around the Point, fish, boat, or swim in the Long Island Sound, study nature, or sunbathe ...
Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed (in 1433), it covers 74 hectares (180 acres), [1] and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site. Surrounding the hilltop Royal Observatory (opened in 1676) and ...
Feake-Ferris House, circa 1645-1689, likely the first and oldest house in Greenwich Pastures, Greenwich, Connecticut (about 1890–1900) by artist John Henry Twachtman. On July 18, 1640, Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake, jointly purchased the land between the Asamuck and Tatomuck brooks, in the area now called as Old Greenwich, from Wiechquaesqueek Munsees living there for "twentie-five coates."
The Greenwich meridian is a prime meridian, a geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England. [1] From 1884 to 1974, the Greenwich meridian was the international standard prime meridian, used worldwide for timekeeping and navigation. The modern standard, the IERS Reference Meridian, is based ...
Area code. 203. FIPS code. 17520. Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. [2] It is located on the Connecticut shoreline in southern Fairfield County. It had a population of 6,873 at the 2020 census. [1] Cos Cob is located on the western side of the mouth of the Mianus River.
Royal Observatory, Greenwich. A time ball sits atop the Octagon Room. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; [1] known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily moved south from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east ...
August 31, 1995. Village of Greenwich Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenwich in Washington County, New York. It includes 165 contributing buildings, six contributing sites (parks), one contributing structure, and 27 contributing objects. It encompasses the historic center of the village including residential ...