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Wimbledon and Putney Commons
The Commons are an area of calm and
tranquillity in the midst of the urban sprawls of Wimbledon,
Putney and Kingston-upon-Thames in South West London.
Reproduced by kind
permission of the Wimbledon & Putney
Commons Conservators

"He does not know
Wimbledon Common who is not familiar with its labyrinths of leafy
glades, its tangled thickets of wild red rose, bramble, and
honeysuckle; who has not often traversed its turfy plateau and had
the perfumes of odoriferous herbs borne in upon his senses; who has
not pondered over its rusty pebble, and wondered whence they came;
tried to acquaint himself with what may be gleaned of local history;
First of all, to the Conservators of the Common, to whom we really
owe very much, one may appeal for the preservation of the heath in
its wild state... one prays earnestly that the Common be not
vulgarised... by making this lovely spot ordinary - a kind of level,
well-ordered suburban park, for this windswept Common is not
ordinary; it stands alone, and is therefore priceless".
- Walter Johnson:
Wimbledon Common; its Geology, Antiquities and Natural History, 1912
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