| LC control no. | n 50062092 |
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| Corporate name heading | All England Club |
| Variant(s) | All-England Club, Wimbledon, Eng. All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club AELTC |
| See also | All England Lawn Tennis Club |
| Found in | Cleather, N. G. Wimbledon story, 1947. Atkin, R. Wimbledon, c1981 (subj.) p. 9 (All England Club, private org. which states Wimbledon champ. jointly with the Lawn Tennis Assoc.) BL auth. file, 14 Feb. 2005 (hdg.: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club) Its website, 6 June 2011 (All England Lawn Tennis Club; All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club; the AELTC is a private club founded in 1868; it is a not-for-profit organisation and the funds it generates from hosting The Championships, less tax, are used by the Lawn tennis Association to develop tennis in Great Britain) Wikipedia, 6 June 2011 (the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), also known as the All-England Club, based at Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members club; it is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass; founded in 1868 as the All England Croquet Club; in 1877 it changed its name to the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club; in 1882, croquet was dropped from the name, as tennis had become the main activity of the club, but in 1889 it was restored to the club's name for sentimental reasons, and the club's name became the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club) |
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