May 3, 2016
I bought this from a charity shop in Kendal for £1.29. As Wimbledon was a village so close to London (then 10 miles distant), it does include a few anecdotes about famous London personages, such as Catherine Parr, and Henry VIII. The King visited Wimbledon in his...
Apr 29, 2016
The Old Rectory, Wimbledon’s s oldest surviving residence, was originally known as the Parsonage House. Once a moated Manor, it was built in the early 16th century, close to St Mary’s Church. In 1536, after the dissolution of the monasteries, Parsonage...
