Editing Greenwich (section)

====Market====
[[File:Greenwich Market interior.jpg|thumb|Greenwich Market|alt=An interior of a building with a translucent glass roof supported by blue-painted steel latticework. On the main floor are a number of different stalls with customers inspecting various wares.]]
There has been a market at Greenwich since the 14th century, but the history of the present market dates from 1700 when a charter to run two markets, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, was assigned by Lord Romney ([[Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney|Henry, Earl of Romney]])<ref name =Green/> to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital for 1000 years.<ref>[http://www.greenwichmarketconsultation.co.uk/default.asp?page=288 History of Greenwich Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112223825/http://www.greenwichmarketconsultation.co.uk/default.asp?page=288 |date=12 January 2012 }} at Greenwich Hospital</ref>

The market is part of "the island site", bounded by College Approach, Greenwich Church Street, [[King William Walk]] and Nelson Road, near the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Observatory. The buildings surrounding the market are [[Grade 2 listed]] and were established in 1827–1833 under the direction of [[Joseph Kay (architect)|Joseph Kay]].<ref name="Heritage">{{cite web|title=Maritime Greenwich: World Heritage Site – Management plan|url=http://visitgreenwich.org.uk/sites/default/files/medialibrary/final_maritime_greenwich_management_plan_2014_1v3_1_1.pdf|website=Visit Greenwich|publisher=Royal Borough of Greenwich|access-date=26 September 2016|archive-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210095125/http://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/sites/default/files/medialibrary/final_maritime_greenwich_management_plan_2014_1v3_1_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Phantom">{{cite web|title=Historic Regeneration Schemes|url=http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2007/10/historic-regeneration-schemes/|website=The Greenwich Phantom|access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> A market roof was added in 1902–1908 (and replaced in 2016). Later significant development occurred in 1958–1960 and during the 1980s.

The landowner, Greenwich Hospital, enhanced the market between 2014 and early 2016. Following the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020 the rents for several of the market stalls were increased by up to 60% as Greenwich Hospital's managing agent [[Knight Frank]] said it was losing money with fewer stalls operating and only four days of trading a week.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Butler|first=Sarah|date=2020-08-19|title=London's Greenwich Market stalls fear closure following huge rent increase|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/19/londons-greenwich-market-stalls-face-closure-following-huge-rent-increase|access-date=2020-08-19|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>