File:Tennis birthplace Edgbaston.jpg
Summary
8 Ampton Road, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham" class="extiw" title="en:Birmingham">Birmingham</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augurio_Perera" class="extiw" title="en:Augurio Perera">Augurio Perera</a>'s house in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgbaston" class="extiw" title="en:Edgbaston">Edgbaston</a>, upon the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/croquet" class="extiw" title="en:croquet">croquet</a> lawn of which he and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gem" class="extiw" title="en:Harry Gem">Harry Gem</a> invented the modern game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lawn_tennis" class="extiw" title="en:lawn tennis">lawn tennis</a> between 1859 and 1865. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blue_plaque" class="extiw" title="en:blue plaque">blue plaque</a> commemorating the event can be seen on the front of the building.
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| current | 02:58, 7 January 2017 | | 768 × 1,024 (551 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | 8 Ampton Road, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham" class="extiw" title="en:Birmingham">Birmingham</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augurio_Perera" class="extiw" title="en:Augurio Perera">Augurio Perera</a>'s house in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgbaston" class="extiw" title="en:Edgbaston">Edgbaston</a>, upon the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/croquet" class="extiw" title="en:croquet">croquet</a> lawn of which he and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gem" class="extiw" title="en:Harry Gem">Harry Gem</a> invented the modern game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lawn_tennis" class="extiw" title="en:lawn tennis">lawn tennis</a> between 1859 and 1865. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blue_plaque" class="extiw" title="en:blue plaque">blue plaque</a> commemorating the event can be seen on the front of the building. |
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