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WIMBLEDON , a municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and western residential suburb of See also:London, in the Wimbledon See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Surrey, See also:England, adjoining the See also:metropolitan borough of See also:Wandsworth, 8 m. S.W. of Charing See also:Cross. Pop. (1891), 25,777; (1901) 41,652. Wimbledon See also:Common, to the See also:north-See also:west of the See also:district, forms a continuation of Putney See also:Heath and a pleasant recreation ground. It was the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of the See also:Rifle Association from its See also:foundation in 186o till 1888. The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary is supposed to date from Saxon times; but, after it had undergone various restorations and reconstructions, it was rebuilt in 1833 in the Perpendicular See also:style. There are various other churches and chapels, all See also:modern. A See also:free library was established in 1887. Benevolent institutions are numerous. The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 3221 acres.
Wimbledon (Wibbandune) is supposed to have been the See also:scene of a See also:battle in 568 between See also:Ceawlin, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Wessex, and IEthelberht, king of See also:Kent, in which'Ethelberht was defeated, and an earthwork which existed on the Common may have marked the site. At
Coombe's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and elsewhere See also:British See also:relics have been found. At Domesday Wimbledon formed See also:part of the See also:manor of See also:Mortlake, held by the archbishops of See also:Canterbury. Afterwards the name was sometimes used interchangeably with Mortlake, and in 1327 it is described as a See also:grange or See also:farm belonging to Mortlake. On the See also:impeachment of See also:Arundel, See also:archbishop of Canterbury, in 1398, it was confiscated. In the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. See also:Cromwell, See also:earl of See also:Essex, held the manor of Wimbledon, with See also:Bristow See also:Park as an appendage. On the See also:confiscation of Cromwell's estates in 1J40 it again See also:fell to the See also:crown, and by Henry VIII. it was settled on See also:Catherine See also:Parr for See also:life. By See also:Queen Mary it was granted to See also:Cardinal See also:Pole. In 1574 See also:Elizabeth bestowed the manor-See also:house, while retaining the manor, on See also:Sir See also:Christopher See also:Hatton, who sold it the same See also:year to Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Cecil. In 1588 Elizabeth transferred the manor to his son Sir See also:Edward Cecil, in See also:exchange for an See also:estate in See also:Lincolnshire. At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Civil See also:War the manor was sold to See also:Adam See also:Baynes, a Yorkshireman, who shortly after-wards sold it to See also:General See also:Lambert; and at the Restoration it was granted to the queen See also:dowager, Henrietta Maria, who sold it in 1661 to See also:George See also:Digby, earl of See also:Bristol. On his See also:death in 1676 it was sold by his widow to the See also:lord-treasurer See also:Danby. Some years after Danby's death it was See also:purchased by Sarah, duchess of See also:Marlborough, who bequeathed it to her See also:grandson, See also:John See also:Spencer. It was sold by the fifth Earl Spencer in 1877. Wimbledon House, built by Sir Thomas Cecil in 1588, was replaced by another See also:building in 1735 by the duchess of See also:Marl-borough; this was destroyed by See also:fire in 1785, and a new house, called Wimbledon Park House, was erected about 1801. Wimbledon was incorporated in 1905.
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