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Capability Brown

Lancelot “Capability" Brown (1716 to 1783) Landscape architect and designer of the Grade II* heritage landscape known as Wimbledon Park Erected to mark the 300th anniversary of his birth August 2016 The first Earl Spencer had an estate of 380 hectares which stretched from Tibbet’s Corner to the present day Wimbledon Station. The remnant heritage land (61 hectares) is all that is left of the original estate Friends of Wimbledon Park Historic England

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