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Situated on the River Thames, downstream of London Bridge and navigable to seagoing ships, it was the site of extensive docks. Pepys visited often and stayed in Greenwich during the Plague (1665) and Great Fire (1666).

Last updated by Phil Gyford on 3 April 2011

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• - GrahamT on Sun 13 Jun 2004, 02:13pm. Flag this

  Pronounced Grennitch. London’s Seaport
  Situated on a bend in the Thames (Greenwich Reach) downstream of London Bridge and navigable to seagoing ships. It was the site of extensive docks. The area nearby is still called Docklands.
  Greenwich is a Royal town. King Henry VIII, Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I were all born there.
  Nowadays the home of the National Maritime Museum, The Queen’s House (1635 - the model for the US White House), the Royal Observatory (1675), The Royal Naval College (1694) and of course the International 0 degree Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time.
  In 1665, there will be a stronger Pepys link than his visits to church and pub.
  More here - http://greenwichengland.com/
  - but be careful, some Pepys spoilers.

• - Mary on Mon 14 Jun 2004, 01:49pm. Flag this

  Also often pronounced Grinnitch.

• - vicenzo on Tue 12 Apr 2005, 04:35am. Flag this

  ——-nice pix of “as it was” mod restoration of the restoration ——-http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/queens.htm————-
  The King, finding the old palace greatly decayed by time and the want of necessary repairs during the Commonwealth, ordered it to be taken down and commenced the erection
  http://www.britannia.com/history/londonhistory/grw-pal2.html

  a map of the area 1786: Blackheath Greenwich park and then Woolwich
  http://www.motco.com/map/81001/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&artist=383&other=231&x=11&y=11

  
  

• - Pedro on Tue 2 Aug 2005, 11:11pm. Flag this

  Greenwich.

  Picture, painted by Danckerts around 1675, BIG SPOILERS IN WRITE UP!

  http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/change/storyInPictures/contentType/ConGallery/contentId/139/viewImage/3
  

• - Michael Robinson on Fri 31 Oct 2008, 05:08am. Flag this

  Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech/British 1607-1677)

  Long view of Greenwich with the future Royal Observatory on the left, the Queen’s House in the centre and a view of the City of London in the distance.
  Etching, 1637
  http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1526291&partid=1&searchText=Hollar+London&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=7
  

References in the diary

1661

Jun: 6, 13

1662

Apr: 11
Jun: 16
Jul: 21
Aug: 2, 5, 8, 13, 21
Sep: 5

1663

Jan: 21
Mar: 19
Apr: 8, 14
May: 11, 20, 22
Jun: 24
Jul: 7
Aug: 8, 11, 21, 22
Sep: 3, 9

1664

Jan: 22
Feb: 5, 20
Mar: 4, 24
Apr: 2, 22
May: 1, 12
Jun: 13, 15, 30
Jul: 6

1665

May: 1, 19, 29
Jun: 16, 19, 25, 26
Jul: 5, 15, 24, 26
Aug: 3, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31
Sep: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Oct: 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29
Nov: 1, 4, 6, 7, 14, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29
Dec: 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 18, 20, 26, 31

1666

Jan: 5, 6, 14, 15, 22
Feb: 14, 20
Mar: 7
May: 1, 20, 27
Jun: 2, 25
Jul: 11, 18
Aug: 6, 7, 15, 17, 28
Dec: 21

1667

Jan: 18
Mar: 22
Apr: 22
Jun: 10, 23
Oct: 31

1668

Feb: 5

1669

Feb: 5