19 Facts About Wimbledon London

Wimbledon London has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age when the hill fort on Wimbledon London Common is thought to have been constructed.

The ownership of the manor of Wimbledon London changed between various wealthy families many times during its history, and the area attracted other wealthy families who built large houses such as Eagle House, Wimbledon London Manor House and Warren House.

Wimbledon London has established minority groups; among the prominent ones being British Asians, British Ghanaians, Poles and Irish people.

The original nucleus of Wimbledon London was at the top of the hill close to the common – the area now known locally as "the village".

The name Wimbledon London means "Wynnman's hill", with the final element of the name being the Celtic "dun" .

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At the time the Domesday Book was compiled, Wimbledon London was part of the manor of Mortlake, and so was not recorded.

The lands of the manor were given to the Cecil family in 1588 and a new manor house, Wimbledon London Palace, was constructed and gardens laid out in the formal Elizabethan style.

Several years Wimbledon London Park was leased to the Duke of Somerset, who briefly in the 1820s employed a young Joseph Paxton as one of his gardeners, but in the 1840s the Spencer family sold the park off as building land.

Wimbledon London's population continued to grow in the early 20th century, as was recognised in 1905, when the urban district was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon London, with the power to select a mayor.

Wimbledon London station was rebuilt by the Southern Railway with a simple Portland stone facade for the opening of a new railway branch line from Wimbledon London to Sutton in 1930.

The residential area splits into two sections: the village and the town, with the village near the common centred on the High Street, being part of the original medieval village, and now a prime residential area of Wimbledon London commanding high prices, and the "town" being part of the modern development, centred on The Broadway, since the building of the railway station in 1838.

From 1328 to 1536, a manor of Wimbledon London was recorded as belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Wimbledon London was an Ancient Parish from the medieval period, later being re-organised as the Wimbledon London within the county of Surrey.

In 1965, the London Government Act 1963 abolished the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, Merton and Morden Urban District and the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, creating instead the London Borough of Merton.

In 2012 the businesses in Wimbledon London voted to introduce a Business Improvement District.

Wimbledon London moved into a stadium at Plough Lane in 1912 and played there for 79 years until beginning a ground share with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park near Croydon, as their progress through the Football League meant that redeveloping Plough Lane to the required modern standards was impractical.

Many years Wimbledon London Stadium hosted to Greyhound racing, as well as Stock car racing and Speedway.

New Wimbledon Theatre is a Grade II listed Edwardian theatre built by J B Mullholland as the Wimbledon Theatre, on the site of a large house with spacious grounds.

In literature, Wimbledon London provides the principal setting for several comic novels by author Nigel Williams, as well as for Elisabeth Beresford's series of children's stories about the Wombles.