Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Wimbledon Past

Wimbledon is synonymous with tennis. However, it has a fascinating history that has nothing to do with the Centre Court. Wimbledon`s manor house was a home of the Elizabethan Cecil family and, in later years, of the Spencers. The new railway encouraged development in this rural area and endangered even the Common, which was saved in 1871. Notable residents have included William Pitt, William Wilberforce (also a resident of Clapham), John Horne Tooke and Joseph Bazalgette.

Related Products:

Secret Wimbledon & Southfields Southfields & Wimbledon Park 1867 – 123.2 Finchley & Whetstone Past Wimbledon SW 1933 – 7.14 Sydenham & Forest Hill Past Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Past Norwood Past Kingston upon Thames – Richmond – Epsom – Wimbledon A-Z Street Atlas Kilburn & West Hampstead Past Default ThumbnailClapham Common 1894 – 115.2 Clapham Common 1870 – 115.1 Clapham Common 1914 – 115.3 The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce Walthamstow Past Paths to the Past: Encounters with Britain`s Hidden Landscapes Lambeth, Kennington and Clapham Chelsea Past Hampstead Past Southfields 1913 – 123.3 The Other Default ThumbnailRichmond and Ealing Past and Present Kentish Town Past Wandsworth 1894 – 114a The French in London: From William the Conqueror to Charles de Gaulle Pitt Cue Co. the Cookbook Wandsworth & SW Battersea 1913 – 114b New Irish Short Stories St Petersburg: Shadows of the Past A Naturalist`s Guide to the Birds of Singapore William John Wills Clapham Park & Balham 1913 – 125.3 Clapham Park & Balham 1894 – 125.2 Chingford Past Greenford, Northolt & Perivale Past 22 Ideas That Saved the English Countryside NZ2867 Pitt Strait Default ThumbnailNZ2687 Pitt Strait Hull: Yorkshire`s Maritime City Hampshire Past & Present Default ThumbnailHammersmith & Fulham 1871 – 86.1