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History of Greenwich

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So named by Danish settlers, Greenwich (Anglo-Saxon equivalent Grenewic) means the green place on the bay (vig, wich) or near the mouth of a river (similarly, Schleswig, Sandwich). The settlement later became known as East Greenwich to distinguish it from

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