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How Wimbledon went from a backwater of 46 houses to the capital’s greenest suburb, ‘as un-Londonish as if it were a hundred miles out’

Living in Wimbledon has long been a popular choice for those who want a mix of town and country life. Carla Passino takes a closer look.

Hard as it is to imagine, tennis and Wimbledon have only become symbiotic in the past century. In earlier times, Wimbledon was variously known for its gardens, croquet and Tudor power struggles. In 1536, Thomas Cranmer was persuaded to give the estate, which had long belonged to the Archdiocese of Canterbury, to Henry VIII in…

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