Epsom Genealogical Records
Epsom Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptism records from people born in and around Epsom between 1888 and 1889. Lists the name of people's parent's, their occupations and abode.
Name index attached to original images of the baptism registers of Christ Church, Epsom. Records document parents' names, date of baptism and/or birth, residence, occupations and more.
Baptism records from people born in and around Epsom between 1813 and 1903. Lists the name of people's parent's and other details.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around Epsom and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Epsom Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Details on those who married at St Barnabas, Epsom between 1912 and 1937. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Details on those who married at St Martin, Including Langley Vale, St Stephen On the Downs, Epsom between 1899 and 1937. Information given may include parents' names, ages, marital status, abode and more.
Marriage records from people who married at Christ Church, Epsom between 1875 and 1937. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature
Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically record marital status and residence. Details may also be given on a party's parents, age and parish of origin.
Epsom Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records for people buried at Epsom between 1825 and 1833. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
Burial records for people buried at St Martin, Epsom, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1813 to 1900. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Records of burial for people buried at St Martin, Epsom between 1802 and 1803. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age.
Burial records for people buried at St Martin, Epsom between 1686 and 1812. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Epsom Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
Newspapers Covering Epsom
A local paper including news from the London area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A local paper including news from the Shoreditch area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the London area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the New Windsor district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A regional paper including news from the Surrey area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Epsom Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index of wills proved by the Deanery of Croydon, including the name of the testor, occupation, residence, year of probate, type of document and document reference.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey. These records can help trace families back to the 17th century.
Transcripts of wills, predominately from Surrey, but also other counties in the south east. Names of 10,000s of people occurring in these wills have been indexed.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Commissary Court of Bishop of Winchester. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.
Epsom Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Epsom Military Records
Details of 650 of the college's men who died in the Boer War and the world wars.
Details of 650 students of Epsom College who died in the Boer and World Wars.
Transcriptions of 85,000 attestation documents for men who signed up for military service in Surrey. Records contain details on a conscripts age, place of birth, occupation, physical description and more.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
Epsom Court & Legal Records
An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and voting qualification of those registered to vote. Contains around 14.5 million entries.
An index to and images of calendars of prisoners presented before Quarter Sessions and Assize. They may list name, age, occupation, name of accuser, crime accused, trial date, warrant date verdict, sentence and more.
An index to 10,000s of names linked to summaries of legal proceedings relating to crimes, licencing, local administration and more.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording public houses that were licenced to operate.
Epsom Taxation Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
The details of income taxes paid by several thousand individuals and institutions in Surrey and Middlesex.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Epsom Land & Property Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Epsom Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Place-by-place listings of private and commercial residents, supplemented with descriptions of the settlement.
Epsom Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Epsom Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Epsom Histories & Books
A journal containing several thousand articles on all manner of structures and antiquities in the county.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A sprawling historical work, describing the county and its settlements. It contains around 1.2 million words across five volumes.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
Histories of south-east London suburbs, supplemented with maps and photographs.
Epsom School & Education Records
Details of 650 of the college's men who died in the Boer War and the world wars.
Details of 650 students of Epsom College who died in the Boer and World Wars.
Details of 3,600 students of a grammar school in Southwark, Surrey; now part of London. Entries include name, year of birth, birth order, date of admission, parents' names, address and a reference to original records.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
Epsom Occupation & Business Records
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording public houses that were licenced to operate.
A list containing the names of almost 33,000 tradesmen who swore an oath to King William, of Orange.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Epsom
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Epsom Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a mid 17th century heraldic visitation of Surrey. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Epsom Church Records
The parish registers of Epsom are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1686 and 1812. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
An index connected to original images of over 100 early Surrey parish registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Middlesex, Essex and Kent.
The parish registers of Surrey are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1533 and 1812. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1533.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
Confirmations are Church of England ceremonies conducted by Bishops that affirm one's commitment to the doctrines of the church. These records contain the names of those confirmed, their age, date of baptism & confirmation, address and sometimes other details. The records are indexed by name and connected to images of the original registers.
Biographical Directories Covering Epsom
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Epsom Maps
Detailed maps of London and 125 other places in the vicinity.
A map charting London and 25 miles round.
Extremely detailed maps, charting features from roads to drains. Includes property boundaries.
A map plotting settlements, roads, railways and parks.
A map delineating the boundaries of the counties parishes, areas designated by the church of England.
Epsom Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
Epsom, which stands on the north side of Banstead Downs, and has long been famous for medicinal water; it is a pleasant town, surrounded with several tine seats, meadows, orchards, and gardens.
The races on Epsom Downs are held on the three days preceding Whitsun week, on the Saturday preceding which, all the horses intended to run, are exhibited by a kind of exercise on the Downs. Two celebrated stakes are run for on the two first days; viz. the Derby, and the Oaks: the first run for by colts, the other by fillies that have never been tried before. During the three days sport, all the accommodations of the surrounding country are put in requisition, and much money is circulated. Besides the above stakes, there is a town plate, a purse, and matches run for on the third day.
What is called the riding rehearsal, at Epsom, is a pretty exhibition of the horses intended to run on the Downs, on the Sunday preceding the races.
The principal gentlemen’s seats are, Pett Place, and Durdans; the former is near the church; the latter, at the extremity of a circle a mile distant Durdans, the seat of George Blackman, Esq. was originally built by the first Earl of Berkeley, from the ruins of Nonsuch, and was a very extensive pile, but was destroyed by fire whilst in the possession of Frederick Prince of Wales. —In 1764 the present house was erected.
On an eminence, and nearly parallel with Epsom race course, is the seat of Lord Arden, beyond which is a most extensive view, comprising a circle of upwards of fifty miles.
Descending the hill from Epsom Common, we come to Ashstead Park, and Village: the church here is one of the most romantic buildings in the county. In this vicinity there is abundance of game, but closely preserved. At Ashstead House, the seat of Richard Bagot Howard, Esq. the table is preserved upon which the company dined when Charles the Second was entertained here.
EPSOM (originally Ebblsham) derived its name from St. Ebba, a Northumbrian princess, and is a parish and market town, head of a petty sessional division, union and county court district, in the Mid division of the county, first division of the hundred of Copthorne, rural deanery of Leatherhead, archdeaconry of Surrey and diocese of Winchester, delightfully situated on the western verge of Banstead Downs, on the main road from London to Dorking, Horsham, Guildford and Worthing, 15 miles south-west-by-south from London by road, 17 by the Brighton and South Coast railway and about 14 by the South Western, 16 miles north-east from Guildford, 9 north from Reigate, 9 from Croydon and 7 from Kingston; the London, Brighton and South Coast and the South Western railways have stations here, the former line running on through Horsham to Worthing and Shoreham, and the latter through Leatherhead to Guildford. The town is paved, lighted with gas from works the property of the Epsom and Ewell Gas Company, formed in 1839, and plentifully supplied with water from works the property of the Local Board, situated at East street: the water is of superior quality, but has about 23 degrees of hardness, arising from the chalk held in solution. The town is effectually drained and the sewage is deodorised and otherwise disposed of on an irrigation ground (part of Epsom Court farm), a portion being pumped up to higher land and returned by gravitation; the effluent, by means of a system of deep and surface drainage, is largely purified, and runs into the Hogs Mill river, by which it is discharged into the Thames at Kingston. The air of Epsom is very salubrious; part of the town lies in a natural basin, but the upper portion possesses fine downs, almost entirely open to the sea on the south side, and the temperature is thus agreeably varied; the recorded death rate for 1889 was less than 12 per 1,000. The government of the town is vested in a Local Board of Health of nine members, formed in 1850. The church of St. Martin, situated towards the eastern extremity of the parish, is a structure of brick and flint with Bath stone dressings in the Gothic style, entirely rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in the year 1824, at a cost of £7,000, from the designs of Mr. Hatchard, architect, of Pimlico; it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, west porch and a tower with spire at the north-west angle, containing a clock and 8 bells: the east window is stained: there is a monument, by Flaxman, to the Rev. John Parkhurst M.A. Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, the lexicographer, who died here 21 March, 1797; a tablet with emblematical figures, by the same sculptor, to Eleanor Belfield, died 1802; and a monument by Chantrey, representing a kneeling female figure, with a child in her arms, to one of the Warre family: in the south aisle is a costly monument to Richard Evelyn, of Woodcote, d. 1669, and Elizabeth, his wife, d. 1691: the oldest memorial is a brass plate on a flat stone, with the name of Marston, and dated 1511: there are 1,200 sittings, 500 being free. The church was wholly closed to interments Sept. 18, 1866, and the churchyard, by the Same Order, can now be used only by those having family-vaults and graves. In the churchyard is a stone inscribed to Charles Parkhurst, d. 20 Dec. 1704. The registers date from the year 1695. The living is a vicarage, average yearly value from tithe rent-charge £283, net income £250, with 3 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the representatives of the late Captain Speer, and held since 1883 by the Rev. John Samuel, of the university of Oxford, and surrogate. St. John’s Mission church, erected in 1884, at a cost of £2,000, and attached to the parish church, is a structure of brick with stone facings, in the Gothic style, and will seat 500 persons. Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish, formed July 10, 1874: the church, situated on the common at the west end of the town and consecrated in 1876, has been entirely rebuilt and is an edifice of flint with stone dressings, in the Decorated style, from designs by Sir A. Blomfield kt. M.A., A.R.A., F.S.A, architect, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, transept, baptistery, west porch and an embattled western tower with belfry, containing 8 bells: the reredos is of alabaster and includes a representation of the “Transfiguration,” in mosaic, the design being also by Sir Arthur Blomfield; and the whole of the wall above the east window is similarly decorated, and displays figures of the four evangelists; there are 600 sittings. The register dates from the year 1876. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Archer George Hunter M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The population of this portion of the parish of Epsom in 1881 was 1,891. There is a small Catholic church in Heathcote road, dedicated to St. Joseph, and erected in 1857, with 120 sittings. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1859, seats 200 persons. There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1882, seating 250, and a Calvinistic chapel, erected in 1882, with 250 sittings. The Cemetery, covering an area of about 8 acres and situated on the lower road to the Downs, was completed in 1871, at a cost of £5,500: it has two mortuary chapels, and is under the control of the Local Board, acting as a Burial Board. The Royal Medical Benevolent College, situated at the north-east corner of the Downs, and commanding fine prospects, is a handsome pile of red brick, with quoins and dressings of Caen stone in the Tudor Gothic style, erected in the year 1855 in grounds occupying an area of over 50 acres: it consists of a school and residence for pensioners, the latter being intended for decayed medical practitioners and their widows, and the former as a public school for gentlemen’s sons, those of medical men being educated at a lower rate: there are fifty foundation scholarships, open to orphan sons of medical men, who are clothed, boarded and educated gratis; besides these there are also about 150 other pupils': 30 boarders are received by the headmaster on special terms in Wilson House, erected at the cost of the late Professor Sir Erasmus Wilson F.R.S.; there is also a college chapel, gymnasium, carpenter’s shop, swimming bath, three laboratories for scientific teaching and excellent fields for cricket and football. The Town Hall, erected in 1883, at a cost of £4,000, is a structure of Ted brick and terra cotta in the Classic style, from designs by Mr. J. Hatchard Smith A.R.I.B.A. of Epsom: it contains a large hall, 68 by 40 feet, and about 30 feet high, with a stage and dressing rooms at one end and a gallery at the other: there are also on the ground floor, on either side of the central hall, a club room and reading rooms, and near these a lecture room, 40 by 38 feet, and about 15 feet high; the basement includes kitchens and caretaker’s apartments: the hall was opened Tuesday, April 3, 1883, by the Earl of Egmont, and will hold 800 persons. There is a branch here of the London and County Banking Company Limited. Brick making and brewing are carried on here, and there are also nursery grounds. The corn and cattle market is held on Wednesday and a fair on the 25th July. The old Assembly Rooms, in which balls were held in the Stuart period, now form part of Waterloo House, High street. In the centre of the High street is a clock tower with an open cupola containing one bell. The Almshouses, founded by John Livingston, a parishioner, in 1703, for twelve poor widows, were rebuilt in 1871 upon the site of the old foundation in East street, and receive twelve inmates, each of whom has about £4 3s. yearly. Charities producing £50 yearly are distributed in bread, clothing and fuel. These are not endowed. Epsom and Ewell Cottage Hospital, situated in Alexandra road, was erected in 1889, at a cost of £2,600, raised by public subscriptions, and opened by H.R.H Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck; it contains 15 beds and a paying ward. The former celebrity of Epsom was due to its medicinal springs, situated 1 mile west of the town and discovered in 1618 by one Henry Wicker; the water was at first used externally, and its purgative properties were not ascertained till about 1630; recent analyses have shown that one gallon contains 480 grains of calcareous nitre, but pure Epsom salts contain 59 parts of sulphuric acid and 41 of magnesia, forming sulphate of magnesia: in the reign of Queen Elizabeth the springs were much frequented by the country people, and in the time of Charles I. the salts they produced were so celebrated as to sell at 5s. per ounce: about 1690 a large concourse of visitors flocked hither, including members of the nobility, with their families, and numerous foreigners; and the place became for a while a highly fashionable centre, and developed every kind of popular amusement: in 1720 the wells were in their greatest splendour, but in 1804 the house at the old wells was pulled down: a new mansion was erected on its site in 1885 by James Stuart Strange esq. lord of the manor, and is now occupied by him. The great modern celebrity of Epsom is derived from its races, which appear to have originated in the year 1711, although the pastime of horse racing, according to a passage in Lord Clarendon’s “History of the Rebellion,” existed in this neighbourhood in the days of Charles I. The “Oaks” stakes, for three-year-old fillies, were instituted in 1779 by Edward, 12th Earl of Derby, and named after his hunting-box at Woodmansterne: in the following year he instituted the famous “Derby” stakes, for three-year-old colts, and from that time until now the annual occurrence of these races has been uninterrupted. The Spring Meeting is held in April, when the “Metropolitan” and the “City and Suburban” stakes are run for, the “Derby” in May or the beginning of June, the principal days being Wednesday (the Derby day), when a sweepstake of great value, depending on the number of entries, is run for; and Friday (the Oaks day): the races take place on the Downs, about a mile south of the town. The grand stand, erected in 1829—30, at an expense of £20,000 raised by 1,000 shares, was considerably enlarged and refitted in 1886, at an expense of £12,000, under the direction of Mr. Hatchard Smith, architect, of Epsom, and forms a prominent object on the south from the road between Ewell and Epsom. The 2nd Volunteer Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, have a rifle range here, 800 yards in length, and a drill hall near East street. On the common is a club room, with skittle alley, for the use of working men, erected by J. S. Strange esq. lord of the manor, at a cost of £700, from designs by Mr. J. Hatchard Smith. The chief hotels are the “King’s Head,” a house at which Pepys stayed when visiting Epsom in July, 1667; the “Spread Eagle” and the “Albion.” Woodcote Park is the residence of Herbert Brooks esq.; Down Hall is the residence of Col. James Hornby Buller J.P.; The Grove, of John Pyemont esq.; Woodcote House, of the Rev. Edwd. William Northey M.A. (Oxon) J.P.; and Woodcote Grove, of William Quartermaine East esq. The manor formerly belonged to the abbey of Chertsey. Henry Mason esq. 84 Basinghall street, London, is steward of the manor; manor courts are holden in April and October, at the King’s Head hotel. James Stuart Strange esq. who is lord of the manor, the Rev. E. W. Northey M.A. Herbert Brooks, George White and the Earl of Rosebery are chief landowners. The area of the parish is about 7 square miles, being about 3 ½ miles long and about two miles broad. The number of acres is 4,423, of which 944 are downs and open common, and 3,479 cultivated land, chiefly inclosed gardens and homesteads, and the site of the town; rateable value, £53,017. The population in 1871 was 6,276 and in 1881, 6,916, including 323 officers and inmates in the workhouse. The length of the highways in the parish is about 25 miles, three of which form streets.
Durdans, about three quarters of a mile south, is the seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery.
Petty Sessions are holden at the Court house every Monday at 10.30 a.m. except on bank holidays, when they are holden on the following Wednesday. The following places are included in the petty sessional division:-Ashtead, Banstead, Bookham (Great & Little), Cheam, Chessington, Cuddington, Epsom, Ewell, Fetcham, Headley, Sutton, Walton-on-the-Hill.
Epsom Union
Board day every alternate Wednesday at the workhouse, at 11 a.m.
The union comprises the following parishes:-Ashtead, Banstead, Carshalton, Cheam, Chessington, Cobham, Cuddington, Epsom, Ewell, Fetcham, Great Bookham, Headley, Leatherhead, Little Bookham, Stoke D’Abernon & Sutton. The rateable value of the union in 1890 was £287,131; the population in 1881 was 41,107.
The Workhouse, Dorking road, Epsom, is a building in the Elizabethan style, available for 500 inmates, & has a new infirmary capable of accommodating 220 patients.
Places of Worship, with times of services: —
St. Martin’s Church, Church street, Rev. John Samuel, vicar; 11 a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; St. John's Mission Room, Eastst. Mon. 7; Fri. 7; Sunday 6.30.
Christ Church, Epsom common, Rev. Archer George Hunter M.A. vicar; 8 & 11 a.m., 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; matins, 8 a.m.; Wed. & Fri. 11 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. except Fri. at 7.30 p.m.
St. Joseph, Catholic, Heathcote road, Rev. Baron F. von Leonhardi, priest; mass, 8 & 11 a.m.; rosary, sermon & benediction, 6.30 p.m.; daily mass, May to Oct. 7.15; Oct. to May, 8.15 a.m.; holidays of obligation, mass, 8.15 a.m.
Calvinistic Congregational, The Terrace, Rev. William Summers, minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.
Wesleyan, Waterloo road, ministers various; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.
Epsom College.
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855.)
Office—37, Soho square, London w.
Head Master: Rev. T. N. Ha, rt Smith M.A. late Scholar of Exeter College, Oxford & Assistant Master at Marlborough College.
Schools: —
The Local Board act as a School Attendance Committee for the Epsom district, under an arrangement made in 1877; George White, clerk to the committee; James Wagstaff, attendance officer, High street, Epsom. The school is under a committtee of managers, consisting of the eight trustees of Brayne’s charity & eight others which are elected annually.
National (boys), East street, built in 1840 & enlarged in 1886, for 290 children; average attendance, 220.
National (girls’), Ladbroke road, built in 1871 for 250 children; average attendance, 170.
Infants’, West hill, built in 1844, for 200 children; average attendance, 140.
British (mixed), Church street, built in 1846 for 190 children; average attendance, 170.
Most Common Surnames in Epsom
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Copthorne Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 87 | 1:80 | 0.42% | 1 |
| 2 | Taylor | 58 | 1:120 | 0.75% | 4 |
| 3 | Skinner | 48 | 1:145 | 3.22% | 106 |
| 4 | White | 47 | 1:148 | 0.71% | 5 |
| 4 | Edwards | 47 | 1:148 | 1.02% | 17 |
| 6 | Martin | 41 | 1:169 | 0.86% | 12 |
| 7 | Williams | 39 | 1:178 | 0.68% | 6 |
| 8 | Jones | 36 | 1:193 | 0.42% | 3 |
| 9 | Parker | 32 | 1:217 | 1.22% | 50 |
| 10 | West | 30 | 1:231 | 1.21% | 55 |
| 10 | Willis | 30 | 1:231 | 2.82% | 168 |
| 10 | Norman | 30 | 1:231 | 3.23% | 200 |
| 13 | Brown | 28 | 1:248 | 0.32% | 2 |
| 13 | Fisher | 28 | 1:248 | 1.46% | 80 |
| 13 | Miles | 28 | 1:248 | 2.01% | 117 |
| 13 | Butcher | 28 | 1:248 | 2.50% | 154 |
| 13 | Wiltshire | 28 | 1:248 | 9.21% | 703 |
| 18 | Cox | 27 | 1:257 | 0.87% | 36 |
| 18 | Coleman | 27 | 1:257 | 2.59% | 173 |
| 18 | Warwick | 27 | 1:257 | 11.20% | 882 |
| 18 | Ede | 27 | 1:257 | 4.85% | 370 |
| 22 | Hall | 25 | 1:277 | 0.61% | 20 |
| 22 | Stone | 25 | 1:277 | 1.48% | 96 |
| 24 | Wood | 24 | 1:289 | 0.50% | 11 |
| 24 | Wells | 24 | 1:289 | 1.06% | 64 |
| 24 | Simmons | 24 | 1:289 | 1.82% | 124 |
| 24 | Gadd | 24 | 1:289 | 7.21% | 639 |
| 24 | Worsfold | 24 | 1:289 | 4.43% | 382 |
| 29 | Cooper | 23 | 1:302 | 0.49% | 14 |
| 29 | Lee | 23 | 1:302 | 0.82% | 43 |
| 29 | Matthews | 23 | 1:302 | 1.49% | 104 |
| 29 | Longhurst | 23 | 1:302 | 3.12% | 267 |
| 33 | Johnson | 22 | 1:315 | 0.47% | 16 |
| 33 | Page | 22 | 1:315 | 1.09% | 77 |
| 33 | Rose | 22 | 1:315 | 1.37% | 101 |
| 33 | Mann | 22 | 1:315 | 2.33% | 197 |
| 33 | Breeden | 22 | 1:315 | 31.88% | 2,847 |
| 38 | Freeman | 21 | 1:330 | 1.42% | 107 |
| 38 | Wheeler | 21 | 1:330 | 1.14% | 87 |
| 38 | Pratt | 21 | 1:330 | 2.26% | 200 |
| 38 | Hayton | 21 | 1:330 | 35.59% | 3,254 |
| 38 | Furniss | 21 | 1:330 | 37.50% | 3,409 |
| 38 | Tickner | 21 | 1:330 | 3.70% | 360 |
| 44 | Green | 20 | 1:347 | 0.44% | 18 |
| 44 | Bailey | 20 | 1:347 | 0.81% | 57 |
| 44 | Weller | 20 | 1:347 | 1.98% | 181 |
| 47 | Davis | 19 | 1:365 | 0.39% | 10 |
| 47 | Baker | 19 | 1:365 | 0.37% | 9 |
| 47 | Cook | 19 | 1:365 | 0.56% | 27 |
| 47 | Palmer | 19 | 1:365 | 0.81% | 60 |
| 47 | Payne | 19 | 1:365 | 0.86% | 65 |
| 47 | Ayres | 19 | 1:365 | 5.51% | 610 |
| 53 | Sutton | 18 | 1:385 | 1.82% | 186 |
| 53 | Heath | 18 | 1:385 | 1.65% | 160 |
| 53 | Easton | 18 | 1:385 | 5.25% | 619 |
| 53 | Pagden | 18 | 1:385 | 94.74% | 8,212 |
| 57 | Bennett | 17 | 1:408 | 0.59% | 39 |
| 57 | Townsend | 17 | 1:408 | 1.92% | 210 |
| 57 | Finch | 17 | 1:408 | 1.57% | 162 |
| 57 | Churchill | 17 | 1:408 | 5.96% | 744 |
| 61 | Davies | 16 | 1:434 | 0.75% | 69 |
| 61 | Bell | 16 | 1:434 | 1.23% | 126 |
| 61 | Adams | 16 | 1:434 | 0.62% | 52 |
| 61 | Stevens | 16 | 1:434 | 0.49% | 31 |
| 61 | Reeves | 16 | 1:434 | 1.55% | 176 |
| 61 | Brewer | 16 | 1:434 | 2.96% | 386 |
| 61 | Terry | 16 | 1:434 | 1.91% | 223 |
| 61 | Street | 16 | 1:434 | 2.52% | 322 |
| 61 | Bowles | 16 | 1:434 | 4.20% | 561 |
| 61 | Spikesman | 16 | 1:434 | 66.67% | 6,849 |
| 71 | Turner | 15 | 1:462 | 0.33% | 19 |
| 71 | Harrison | 15 | 1:462 | 0.74% | 76 |
| 71 | Harding | 15 | 1:462 | 0.78% | 81 |
| 71 | Field | 15 | 1:462 | 0.93% | 99 |
| 71 | Carpenter | 15 | 1:462 | 1.23% | 138 |
| 71 | Chandler | 15 | 1:462 | 0.94% | 102 |
| 71 | Wing | 15 | 1:462 | 8.02% | 1,132 |
| 71 | Shrubb | 15 | 1:462 | 15.96% | 2,164 |
| 71 | Haseman | 15 | 1:462 | 44.12% | 5,213 |
| 80 | King | 14 | 1:496 | 0.27% | 8 |
| 80 | Gray | 14 | 1:496 | 0.79% | 92 |
| 80 | Russell | 14 | 1:496 | 0.60% | 61 |
| 80 | Bristow | 14 | 1:496 | 2.30% | 331 |
| 84 | Hill | 13 | 1:534 | 0.34% | 21 |
| 84 | Clarke | 13 | 1:534 | 0.49% | 47 |
| 84 | Griffiths | 13 | 1:534 | 1.61% | 239 |
| 84 | Price | 13 | 1:534 | 0.72% | 88 |
| 84 | Murray | 13 | 1:534 | 1.58% | 227 |
| 84 | Ford | 13 | 1:534 | 0.77% | 94 |
| 84 | Andrews | 13 | 1:534 | 0.64% | 73 |
| 84 | Saunders | 13 | 1:534 | 0.53% | 56 |
| 84 | Moss | 13 | 1:534 | 1.56% | 224 |
| 84 | Osborne | 13 | 1:534 | 1.54% | 221 |
| 84 | Fuller | 13 | 1:534 | 0.79% | 97 |
| 84 | Hills | 13 | 1:534 | 1.51% | 217 |
| 84 | Hooker | 13 | 1:534 | 3.01% | 490 |
| 84 | Penfold | 13 | 1:534 | 1.97% | 297 |
| 84 | Toone | 13 | 1:534 | 30.95% | 4,371 |
| 84 | Ottaway | 13 | 1:534 | 6.60% | 1,074 |
| 84 | Chuter | 13 | 1:534 | 5.58% | 911 |
| 84 | Maybank | 13 | 1:534 | 21.31% | 3,168 |
| 84 | Greentree | 13 | 1:534 | 44.83% | 5,954 |
| 84 | Sine | 13 | 1:534 | 72.22% | 8,554 |
| 104 | Evans | 12 | 1:578 | 0.35% | 26 |
| 104 | Morris | 12 | 1:578 | 0.50% | 59 |
| 104 | Chapman | 12 | 1:578 | 0.43% | 42 |
| 104 | Mills | 12 | 1:578 | 0.46% | 53 |
| 104 | Hammond | 12 | 1:578 | 0.84% | 115 |
| 104 | Thornton | 12 | 1:578 | 2.01% | 343 |
| 104 | Farley | 12 | 1:578 | 3.70% | 653 |
| 104 | Sayers | 12 | 1:578 | 3.35% | 596 |
| 104 | Keeling | 12 | 1:578 | 9.92% | 1,698 |
| 104 | Lemon | 12 | 1:578 | 4.23% | 749 |
| 104 | Harden | 12 | 1:578 | 11.11% | 1,928 |
| 104 | Spurrier | 12 | 1:578 | 32.43% | 4,841 |
| 104 | Hainge | 12 | 1:578 | 100.00% | 11,502 |
| 117 | Robinson | 11 | 1:631 | 0.33% | 28 |
| 117 | Thompson | 11 | 1:631 | 0.33% | 29 |
| 117 | Young | 11 | 1:631 | 0.34% | 33 |
| 117 | Miller | 11 | 1:631 | 0.40% | 44 |
| 117 | Collins | 11 | 1:631 | 0.30% | 23 |
| 117 | Knight | 11 | 1:631 | 0.32% | 25 |
| 117 | Fox | 11 | 1:631 | 0.96% | 150 |
| 117 | George | 11 | 1:631 | 1.10% | 182 |
| 117 | Weston | 11 | 1:631 | 1.26% | 214 |
| 117 | Gould | 11 | 1:631 | 1.64% | 292 |
| 117 | Hope | 11 | 1:631 | 3.20% | 616 |
| 117 | Gough | 11 | 1:631 | 3.01% | 583 |
| 117 | Robbins | 11 | 1:631 | 4.12% | 801 |
| 117 | Dudley | 11 | 1:631 | 2.45% | 470 |
| 117 | Wicks | 11 | 1:631 | 2.01% | 378 |
| 117 | Hillman | 11 | 1:631 | 5.70% | 1,097 |
| 117 | Beauchamp | 11 | 1:631 | 5.61% | 1,083 |
| 117 | Northey | 11 | 1:631 | 64.71% | 8,888 |
| 117 | Leverington | 11 | 1:631 | 50.00% | 7,333 |
| 117 | Waterer | 11 | 1:631 | 10.09% | 1,904 |
| 117 | Dorset | 11 | 1:631 | 44.00% | 6,646 |
| 117 | Ruberry | 11 | 1:631 | 100.00% | 12,297 |
| 117 | Trolter | 11 | 1:631 | 100.00% | 12,297 |
| 140 | Jackson | 10 | 1:694 | 0.36% | 45 |
| 140 | McDonald | 10 | 1:694 | 1.64% | 331 |
| 140 | Richardson | 10 | 1:694 | 0.47% | 72 |
| 140 | McLean | 10 | 1:694 | 4.57% | 965 |
| 140 | Bradley | 10 | 1:694 | 1.34% | 262 |
| 140 | Gardner | 10 | 1:694 | 0.95% | 171 |
| 140 | Blake | 10 | 1:694 | 0.77% | 127 |
| 140 | Sullivan | 10 | 1:694 | 0.61% | 98 |
| 140 | Rowland | 10 | 1:694 | 1.65% | 336 |
| 140 | Barnard | 10 | 1:694 | 1.35% | 263 |
| 140 | Prior | 10 | 1:694 | 2.05% | 432 |
| 140 | Keen | 10 | 1:694 | 1.61% | 328 |
| 140 | Upton | 10 | 1:694 | 2.34% | 499 |
| 140 | Brooke | 10 | 1:694 | 5.24% | 1,104 |
| 140 | Hales | 10 | 1:694 | 3.72% | 794 |
| 140 | Strange | 10 | 1:694 | 3.39% | 716 |
| 140 | Morse | 10 | 1:694 | 5.71% | 1,205 |
| 140 | Ratcliff | 10 | 1:694 | 5.99% | 1,264 |
| 140 | Janes | 10 | 1:694 | 10.31% | 2,110 |
| 140 | Steadman | 10 | 1:694 | 5.03% | 1,064 |
| 140 | Dunford | 10 | 1:694 | 13.89% | 2,739 |
| 140 | Charman | 10 | 1:694 | 1.52% | 299 |
| 140 | Lovelock | 10 | 1:694 | 4.83% | 1,021 |
| 140 | Boniface | 10 | 1:694 | 9.35% | 1,949 |
| 140 | Wellings | 10 | 1:694 | 28.57% | 5,079 |
| 140 | Tribe | 10 | 1:694 | 3.98% | 852 |
| 140 | Skilton | 10 | 1:694 | 2.31% | 490 |
| 140 | Newcomb | 10 | 1:694 | 10.10% | 2,083 |
| 140 | Jeal | 10 | 1:694 | 4.57% | 965 |
| 140 | Wyeth | 10 | 1:694 | 9.43% | 1,970 |
| 140 | Deadmarsh | 10 | 1:694 | 90.91% | 12,297 |
| 171 | Wright | 9 | 1:771 | 0.19% | 13 |
| 171 | Scott | 9 | 1:771 | 0.34% | 48 |
| 171 | Moore | 9 | 1:771 | 0.26% | 24 |
| 171 | Carter | 9 | 1:771 | 0.28% | 32 |
| 171 | Richards | 9 | 1:771 | 0.60% | 105 |
| 171 | Watts | 9 | 1:771 | 0.53% | 94 |
| 171 | Hopkins | 9 | 1:771 | 0.84% | 166 |
| 171 | Frost | 9 | 1:771 | 0.71% | 131 |
| 171 | Holden | 9 | 1:771 | 1.74% | 402 |
| 171 | Knowles | 9 | 1:771 | 1.76% | 408 |
| 171 | Hicks | 9 | 1:771 | 1.18% | 258 |
| 171 | Herbert | 9 | 1:771 | 1.08% | 226 |
| 171 | Winter | 9 | 1:771 | 0.94% | 195 |
| 171 | Drake | 9 | 1:771 | 1.97% | 461 |
| 171 | Daniel | 9 | 1:771 | 3.60% | 856 |
| 171 | Parr | 9 | 1:771 | 3.72% | 877 |
| 171 | Arthur | 9 | 1:771 | 2.61% | 610 |
| 171 | Searle | 9 | 1:771 | 1.14% | 244 |
| 171 | Broughton | 9 | 1:771 | 3.42% | 810 |
| 171 | Godwin | 9 | 1:771 | 3.11% | 736 |
| 171 | Callaghan | 9 | 1:771 | 7.14% | 1,632 |
| 171 | Woodman | 9 | 1:771 | 2.43% | 575 |
| 171 | Wickens | 9 | 1:771 | 4.27% | 1,002 |
| 171 | Rourke | 9 | 1:771 | 21.95% | 4,456 |
| 171 | Slaughter | 9 | 1:771 | 4.29% | 1,008 |
| 171 | Jolliffe | 9 | 1:771 | 12.68% | 2,776 |
| 171 | Rendell | 9 | 1:771 | 12.33% | 2,708 |
| 171 | Churcher | 9 | 1:771 | 7.14% | 1,632 |
| 171 | Elsey | 9 | 1:771 | 3.72% | 877 |
| 171 | Simonds | 9 | 1:771 | 12.33% | 2,708 |
| 171 | Roffey | 9 | 1:771 | 2.49% | 594 |
| 171 | Beams | 9 | 1:771 | 15.00% | 3,213 |
| 171 | Rutley | 9 | 1:771 | 25.00% | 4,955 |
| 171 | Channell | 9 | 1:771 | 14.29% | 3,067 |