In 1086 when the Domesday Book was compiled, Wimbledon was part of the manor of Mortlake. Wimbledon has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age when the hill fort on Wimbledon Common is thought to have been constructed. The residential and retail area is split into two sections known as the "village" and the "town", with the High Street being the rebuilding of the original medieval village, and the "town" having first developed gradually after the building of the railway station in 1838. It is home to the Wimbledon Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas of common land in London. 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 ( / ˈ w ɪ m b əl d ə n/) is a district and town of Southwest 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.
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