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…founded New York’s Greenwich Village and gave his name to more than one Warren Street in America. Like other parts of what is now north…

…devel­op­ments of West Silver­town. Since June 2012 a cable car system has linked the Greenwich Peninsula (and the O2 Arena) with the Royal Docks (and…

…problems of access. Some author­i­ties have placed the Roman settle­ment of Noviomagus near the present Layhams Road, although most prefer Crayford. A Greenwich meridian stone…

…In 1729 Hogarth married Jane Thornhill, daughter of Sir James Thornhill, the artist whose crowning achieve­ment was the Painted Hall in Greenwich. Four years after…

Plumstead Common, Greenwich A wiggling chain of open spaces covering an undu­lating plateau in south Plumstead, linking to Winn’s Common in the east The parish workhouse…

…+13.0% City of London 8,672 9,886 +14.0% Croydon 385,670 429,833 +11.5% Ealing 349,200 373,375 +6.9% Enfield 334,279 377,022 +12.8% Greenwich 278,259 316,423 +13.7% Hackney 273,506…

Eltham Park, Greenwich A primarily Edwardian estate situated in the north-east of Eltham Although evidence of Roman occu­pa­tion has been discov­ered in present-day Glenesk Road,…

…between here and Greenwich in the mid-15th century. Great Eastern pier was the site of the Scott Russell shipyard, where the steamship Great Eastern was…

…Greenwich voted like (and has a demo­graphic profile like) a cross between its dissim­ilar neigh­bours on either side, Lewisham and Bexley. Outer south London The…

…in 1902 when the Greenwich and Deptford children’s homes opened on the site of Marrow­bone Hall with accom­mo­da­tion for 587 children and over 60 staff.…