Wimbledon manor house; the residence of the lord of the manor, was an English country house at Wimbledon, Surrey, now part of Greater London. The manor house was over the centuries exploded, burnt and several times demolished. The first known manor house, The Old Rectory was built around 1500 still stands as a private home, despite very nearly falling into a state beyond repair, in the 19th century. The ambitious later Elizabethan prodigy house, Wimbledon Palace, was "a house of the first importance" according to Sir John Summerson, and is now demolished.
The Old Rectory, formerly The Parsonage. Built early 1500s. C. 1952
The Old Rectory, Wimbledon, c. 1860 by Charles Mileham (1837 – 1917)
Wimbledon Palace. North front. Built 1588. Etching by Henry Winstanley 1678 for Lord Danby.
Sir Thomas Cecil (1542–1623)
Wimbledon is a district and town of south-west London, England, 7.0 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton. Wimbledon had a population of 68,187 in 2011 which includes the electoral wards of Abbey, Wimbledon Town and Dundonald, Hillside, Wandle, Village, Raynes Park and Wimbledon Park.
Wimbledon town centre
Remains of the ditch between the two main ramparts of the Iron Age hill fort
St Mary's Church
Wimbledon Hill Road, looking north-west from Wimbledon Bridge