The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque East Bergholt

East Bergholt

The stone work is the remaining portion of Whitehall Palace

Sir John Whittaker Ellis

Some weapons were unfit for service

The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque East BergholtThe old observing room, Greenwich, late 17th century (1893). The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded in 1675 by King Charles II, with John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal. The building, with its octagonal observing room, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.