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To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Greenwich became a Royal Borough on 3 February 2012, due in part to its historic links with the royal family, but also to its UNESCO World Heritage Site status as home of the Prime Meridian.
Feb 3, 2012 · BBC News, London. Greenwich has joined an exclusive group as the fourth local authority to become a royal borough and the first new one for more than 80 years. The new legal status was made...
Sep 21, 2024 · The present borough was established in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and Woolwich, excluding a small area north of the Thames.
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When the County of London, an administrative area designed to replace the Metropolitan Board of Works, was formed in 1889, the parish merged with those of Charlton-next-Woolwich, Deptford St Nicholas and Kidbrooke to create the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
The modern history of Royal Greenwich starts almost a thousand years ago in 1012, when the Vikings murdered Alfege, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Greenwich. The site is marked by St...
Greenwich has a varied history dating back to the Roman era and probably earlier. The ancient Londoners were known to have resided in nearby Charlton and scientists have discovered many pre-historic and Bronze Age relics in the nearby River Thames.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich ( / ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ / ⓘ, / ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ /, / ˈɡrɪnɪtʃ / or / ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ /) is a London borough in southeast Greater London, England. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new borough covered the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and ...
