GREENWICH, a town of Kent, situated on the southern shore of the Thames, five miles east of London; remarkable for its royal and magnificent hospital, erected for decayed or disabled seamen who have served their country, and for its palace and most delightful park.
On the top of a steep hill in the park, stands the royal observatory, built by Charles II. and furnished with all manner of instruments for astronomical observations, and a deep dry well for observing the stars by day.