The Anglican church of St. Mary in Wimbledon - both ancient and relatively new. The first mention of it relates to the XI century, it gained its present appearance only in the XIX century. It is interesting to see how the church has grown and changed along with Wimbledon.

Writing in the Domesday Book in 1086 (it recorded the results of the first census in Europe) says: "There is a church." From that, the most ancient, the temple was left absolutely nothing, which is quite natural: the population of Wimbledon did not exceed 100 people, and the church was probably wooden. At the end of the XIII century, when the population had grown to 125 people, then built a stone church with a wooden bell tower, topped by a spire. In the days of the Reformation, to settle at Wimbledon has become fashionable among court officials, but the church remained the same until the middle of the XVIII century, when the population began to grow rapidly. In 1760 the building was repaired and updated galleries. Part of the walls of the medieval church preserved - they can still be seen in the western part of each passage.

The life of the church, as well as in the life of Wimbledon, much has changed railway which came here in 1838. The population began to grow rapidly, the temple took at least another 400 seats for the worshipers. The project is in the style of late Gothic Revival designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, one of the most prolific British architects of the Victorian era. The project budget was extremely limited. Scott has fulfilled this condition, using the design of an old building, so that the church and has retained the features of its predecessors.

A distinctive feature of the church - a large number of monuments placed in it a prominent parishioners. On the south side of the altar is a memorial plaque in memory of Walter Reynolds, the Lord Chancellor under Edward II and the Archbishop of Canterbury (elected in 1313). Other board placed in gratitude to Ralph and Anna Uilbrehem who donated the church a valuable cup - it is still used today. In the churchyard you can see the tomb of Sir Joseph William Bezeldzhetta, the famous engineer, who was able to rebuild after the London sewers "great stink" in 1858.

Because of numerous rearrangements from the Middle Ages in the church remained little. The more interesting Cecil chapel, built by Sir Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon, as a family crypt. A small window in the south wall of the chapel contains a single stained-glass window that has been preserved from the XV century - it depicts St. George.

To the west of the chapel Cecil is a chapel dedicated to the Wimbledon men who gave their lives in two world wars. In the oak-paneled walls trimmed secured bronze plaques with the names and military ranks uimbldontsev and never returned home.