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Daily Photo: 28/09/10 – White House, Crooms Hill

September 28, 2010 By Rob Powell

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The White House at the top of Crooms Hill was home to former Astronomer Royal, Sir George Biddell Airy. It was Airy that established a new Prime Meridian at Greenwich in 1851.

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  1. Mary says

    September 28, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    On the doorstep is a line and an arrow which I was told is a marker for the meridian

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