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Marbles were found in the ancient civilisations of [[Mohenjo-daro]], [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Roman Empire|Rome]].

Marbles were found in the ancient civilisations of [[Mohenjo-daro]], [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Roman Empire|Rome]].

== Tinsley Green ==

== Tinsley Green ==

Marbles has been played in [[Tinsley Green]], [[West Sussex]], England for many centuries:<ref name="InsideOut">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/south/series3/marbles_world_championship.shtml|title=Losing your Marbles|date=9 June 2003|work=BBC Inside Out programme|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=13 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="TheTimes">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1624160.ece|title=Village rolls out a welcome for World Marbles Championships|last=Sandy|first=Matt|date=7 April 2007|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=13 January 2010 | location=London}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' magazine traces its origins to 1588.<ref name="TIME">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761077,00.html|title=Sport: At Tinsley Green|date=17 April 1939|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME magazine]]|accessdate=13 January 2010|archive-date=15 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915132427/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761077,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Marbles has been played in [[Tinsley Green]], [[West Sussex]], England for many centuries:<ref name="InsideOut">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/south/series3/marbles_world_championship.shtml|title=Losing your Marbles|date=9 June 2003|work=BBC Inside Out programme|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=13 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="TheTimes">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1624160.ece|title=Village rolls out a welcome for World Marbles Championships|last=Sandy|first=Matt|date=7 April 2007|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=13 January 2010|location=London|archive-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143934/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1624160.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' magazine traces its origins to 1588.<ref name="TIME">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761077,00.html|title=Sport: At Tinsley Green|date=17 April 1939|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME magazine]]|accessdate=13 January 2010|archive-date=15 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915132427/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761077,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The British and World Marbles Championship have been held at [[Tinsley Green]] every year since 1932.<ref name="InsideOut" /><ref name="Collins88">Collins, Sophie 2007. ''A Sussex miscellany''. Alfriston: Snake River Press. {{ISBN|978-1-906022-08-2}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/apr/04/british-world-marble-championship|title=Event preview: British And World Marbles Championship, Tinsley Green|last=Aitch|first=Iain|date=4 April 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=13 January 2010 | location=London}}</ref> The first championship in 1932 was won by a team from the Black Horse [[public house]] in nearby [[Charlwood]].

The British and World Marbles Championship have been held at [[Tinsley Green]] every year since 1932.<ref name="InsideOut" /><ref name="Collins88">Collins, Sophie 2007. ''A Sussex miscellany''. Alfriston: Snake River Press. {{ISBN|978-1-906022-08-2}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/apr/04/british-world-marble-championship|title=Event preview: British And World Marbles Championship, Tinsley Green|last=Aitch|first=Iain|date=4 April 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=13 January 2010 | location=London}}</ref> The first championship in 1932 was won by a team from the Black Horse [[public house]] in nearby [[Charlwood]].