Greenwich Meridian - 100 Years - Louth, UK - Commercial Commemorations on Waymarking.com

The plaque is on the main shopping street in Louth between a poultry shop and a pork butcher's shop. As well as celebrating the centenary it also marks the location of the meridian as it passes through Louth.

"The International Meridian Conference was a conference held in October 1884 in Washington, D.C., in the United States, to determine a prime meridian for international use. The conference was held at the request of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. The subject to discuss was the choice of "a meridian to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world". It resulted in the recommendation of the Greenwich Meridian as the international standard for zero degrees longitude." link

The text on the plaque is as follows.

THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED
BY THE MAYOR OF LOUTH
TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY
OF THE GREENWICJ MERIDIAN
ON THE 26th JUNE 1984

COUN. A.S. WARD	L. RIDDICK ESQ.
TOWN MAYOR	TOWN CLERK

Anniversary Year: 1984 Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1884 Address: Jacksons the Buttcher Eastgate Louth, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Website: Not listed

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