An old engraving of The Manor House, Wimbledon (also known as Wimbledon Palace) SW London, England, UK It is from a Victorian history book of This view shows the north front. It was built 1588. Sir Thomas Cecil, later Earl of Exeter bought Wimbledon Manor in 1576 – he had lived there when he was a child, in The Old Rectory. His father, Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, had tenure of The Old Rectory as a grace-and-favour residence by the Crown and decided to build a grand new Wimbledon manor house next door which was to be known as Wimbledon Palace.
An old engraving of The Manor House, Wimbledon (also known as Wimbledon Palace) SW London, England, UK It is from a Victorian history book of This view shows the north front. It was built 1588. Sir Thomas Cecil, later Earl of Exeter bought Wimbledon Manor in 1576 – he had lived there when he was a child, in The Old Rectory. His father, Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, had tenure of The Old Rectory as a grace-and-favour residence by the Crown and decided to build a grand new Wimbledon manor house next door which was to be known as Wimbledon Palace.
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Location: Wimbledon, SW London, England, UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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