Greenwich, London | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-06-02

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich


00:01:48 1 History
00:01:57 1.1 Toponymy
00:03:36 1.1.1 Manor of East Greenwich
00:04:50 1.2 Early settlement
00:05:57 1.3 Viking
00:07:03 1.4 Norman
00:07:38 1.5 Plantagenet
00:08:41 1.6 Tudor
00:09:45 1.7 Stuart
00:11:21 1.8 Hanoverian
00:12:28 1.9 Victorian and Edwardian
00:14:13 1.10 Modern and the present
00:16:16 2 Governance
00:16:52 3 Geography
00:17:01 3.1 Topography
00:17:57 3.2 Nearby areas
00:18:26 3.3 Climate
00:18:41 4 Sites of interest
00:18:50 4.1 Riverfront
00:22:24 4.2 Greenwich Park
00:23:50 4.3 Town centre
00:24:28 4.3.1 Market
00:25:34 5 Greenwich Mean Time
00:27:25 6 World heritage site
00:27:53 7 Greenwich Heritage Centre
00:28:15 8 Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre
00:29:28 9 Education
00:30:01 10 Transport
00:30:10 10.1 Rail
00:31:02 10.2 Buses
00:31:19 10.3 Boat
00:31:54 10.4 Pedestrian and cycle routes
00:32:22 11 Sports
00:32:31 11.1 Rowing
00:33:00 12 Literature
00:33:29 13 See also



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Greenwich ( (listen) GREN-itch,  GRIN-ij,  GRIN-itch, or  GREN-ij) is an area of South East London, England, located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross. It is located within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, to which it lends its name.
Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. The town became the site of a royal palace, the Palace of Placentia from the 15th century, and was the birthplace of many Tudors, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The palace fell into disrepair during the English Civil War and was rebuilt as the Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors by Sir Christopher Wren and his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor. These buildings became the Royal Naval College in 1873, and they remained an establishment for military education until 1998 when they passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation. The historic rooms within these buildings remain open to the public; other buildings are used by University of Greenwich and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
The town became a popular resort in the 18th century and many grand houses were built there, such as Vanbrugh Castle (1717) established on Maze Hill, next to the park. From the Georgian period estates of houses were constructed above the town centre. The maritime connections of Greenwich were celebrated in the 20th century, with the siting of the Cutty Sark and Gipsy Moth IV next to the river front, and the National Maritime Museum in the former buildings of the Royal Hospital School in 1934. Greenwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created.