By: Kaelee Fay How Much Do You Know About Greenwich, England? By : Kaelee Fay Oct. 19 2010.

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By: Kaelee Fay How Much Do You Know About Greenwich, England? By : Kaelee Fay Oct

The zero degree's latitude or the Prime Meridian passes through this land called, Greenwich, England.

The Royal Observatory shown here is where lots of people go and find information.

 GMT or (Greenwich Mean Time) shows helps from confusing references to local time references.  GMAT or (Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time) also means the same thing as GMT.

Greenwich was divided into the two Poor Law Unions of Greenwich East and Greenwich West from the beginning of Civil Registration in Which is a marriage license.

 Housing in Greenwich is much like ours.