EPSOM BUSINESSES 1911
1913 Map of Epsom 2
The High Street (East)
The 1911 Businesses are shown in red. Click on the one you’re interested in to bring up the details, or use the ‘Key to Properties’ below. Please bear in mind that official numbering was not introduced until later and anomalies will occur. Residential addresses (given that some originals were demolished) and office accommodation are indicated where known. Note that many properties were renumbered; original numbering has been used in the first instance with renumbering indicated where relevant. Some of the numbering may not tally with some documentation; research for this project has been carried out by visiting the properties to get an accurate description.
Key to Properties
| High Street East – South Side | ||
| Address | 1911 | 2013 |
| 1 High Street | David Bristow – Furniture dealer
Central Auction Mart – William Henry Corbett FAI, Auctioneer and estate agent (1A) |
Gascoigne Pees (Lettings) – Estate agents
CWM Accountants (1A above) |
| 3 – 5 High Street | Percy Charles Nuthall – Domestic Stores (3) and Grocery (5) (Site Of)
Above 3: Residential (Robert James Hoptroff, Grocer’s assistant) |
3: Johnny Cash – Cash Converter 3A (above) JA Stevens – Solicitors5: Unoccupied – was Sony Centre |
| 5A High Street | Sidney Page – Hairdresser (Site Of) | Unoccupied – was Sony Centre |
| 7 High St | Frank Huxham Tarr – Butcher (Site Of) | Unoccupied – was Pizza Hut |
| 9 High St | Miss Ellen Elizabeth Mary Smart – Dressmaker (Site Of) | Robert Dyas – Hardware & Ironmongers |
| 11 High Street | Alfred Busbridge – Wine & Spirit Merchant
Henry James Busbridge – architect and surveyor (Site Of) |
Cargo – Home Shop |
| 13 High St | Allan Silas Gower – Confectioner and tobacconist (Site Of) | Leeds Building Society
Above, with 15: |
| 15 High St | Charlie Jenkin How – Hosier and hatter (Site Of) | Queen Elizabeth Foundation – Charity Shop
Above, with 13: |
| 17 High St | Mrs Jane Scrutton – Confectioner
Archibald Henry Hicks – Hairdresser |
Millets – Outdoor Activities |
| 19 High St | Charles James Polhill – Butcher | Princess Alice Hospice – Charity Shop |
| 21 High St | Charles James Waters – Watch, clock and jewellery repairer | Subway – Take Away Food |
| 23 High St | George James Beams – Bootmaker | Betfred – Bookmakers
Residential Flats above |
| 25 High St | Robert Norman – General store keeper | High Street News – Newsagent (25) Supercuts – Hairdresser (25A) |
| 27 High St | Mrs Mary Jane Daniell – Newsagent and stationer | British Heart Foundation – Charity Shop |
| 29 High St | Holland & Barrett – Grocers
Henry Butler – Laundryman (above) |
Rush – Hairdressers |
| 31 High St | Gilbert Creasey – Fishmonger | Scope – Charity Shop |
| 33 High St | Frederick William Chambers – Watchmaker and haberdasher | Ask – Italian Restaurant (renumbered 41 – 43)
Offices above (renumbered 45 – 53) |
| 35 – 37 High St | John Hales – Stationer | Ask – Italian Restaurant (renumbered 41 – 43)
Offices above (renumbered 45 – 53) |
| 39 – 41 High St | Frederick Lock (formerly Smith and often Lock-Smith or Locksmith) – Butcher and tobacconist (Site Of) | Oxfam – Charity Shop (renumbered 55)
Offices above |
| 43 High St | Alfred Norris Marshall – Fishmonger (Site Of) | Reed Employment – Employment Agency (renumbered 57) |
| 45 High St | William Thomas Beauchamp – Bootmaker (Site Of) | Carphone Warehouse – Mobile Phones (renumbered 59) |
| 47 High St | Frederick Thomas Ayres – Newsagent | Santander – Bank (renumbered 65) |
| 49 High St | Baldwins – Butchers | Santander – Bank (renumbered 65) |
| 51 High St | Thomas Vincent Lewis – Ironmonger | Mountain Warehouse – Outdoor Activities (renumbered 70) |
| 53 High St | Edward Hills and Charles Blomfield – Draper and hatter respectively | Mountain Warehouse – Outdoor Activities (renumbered 70) |
| 55 High St | Thomas Godfrey – Dental surgeon | St Raphael’s Hospice – Charity Shop (renumbered 73) |
| 57 High St | Benjamin Foxhall Whitehouse – Greengrocer and florist | Cancer Research – Charity Shop (renumbered 75 – 77) |
| 59 High St | Eastmans – Butchers
Thomas Charles Foulger – Watchmaker and jeweller (above) |
Cancer Research – Charity Shop (renumbered 75 – 77) |
| 61 High St | Roll & Taylor – Builders and undertakers | Michael Everett – Estate Agents (renumbered 87) |
| Spread Eagle Tap | William Finch – Bar manager | Basler – Women’s Clothing (renumbered 5 – 8 Spread Eagle Walk) |
| Nyes Yard & Cottages | Residential: Alexander Haylock, General labourer (4) Edward William Finch, Unemployed Groom (3) Edwin Luff, Gardener (2) Mrs Eliza Simmonds, Widow (1) |
Argos – Catalogue based retail outlet (renumbered 10 Spread Eagle Walk) |
| Spread Eagle Hotel | Mrs Lucy Keeble – Proprietor | Lester Bowden – Clothing (renumbered 109 – 113) |
| High Street East – North Side | ||
| Address | 1911 | 2013 |
| 64 High Street | James Andrews – Bookseller, printer and stationer | NA – all properties on this side were demolished to enable the road to be widened |
| Unoccupied (62 High Street) | NA | See above |
| 60 High Street | Edward Norrington – Butcher | See above |
| 58 High Street | Olive Tottle – Chemist | See above |
| 56 High Street | James Harvey – Gents clothier and outfitter | See above |
| 54 High Street | Capital and Counties Bank, William Thomas Cole Lock – Bank manager | See above |
| 52 High Street | London Central Meat Company | See above |
| 50 High Street | International Tea Co Stores, Grocers | See above |
| 48 High Street | James Brookman – Harness maker | See above |
| 46 High Street | William James Keeling – Cabinet maker and Ernest Edward Dyer – Upholsterer and cabinet maker | See above |
| Residential (44 High Street) | Occupant Unknown | See above |
| Brighton House, 42 High Street | Charles Wells – Draper | See above |
| Unknown (40 High Street) | Unknown | See above |
| 38 High Street | Philip Parr – Hairdresser and tobacconist | See above |
| 36 High Street | Frank Mills – Photographic artist | See above |
| 34 High Street | Adams Brothers, Herbert and William Adams – Bootmakers | See above |
| Unknown | Unknown | See above |
| Unknown | Unknown | See above |
| Magisterial Offices and Theodore Bell & Co, High Street | Mrs Selina Reynolds – Caretaker | See above |
| Unknown | Unknown | See above |
| Southdown House, 26 High Street | William Francis Skilton – Butcher | See above |
| 22 High Street | The Railway Inn, Archibald Leopold de Fraine Peake – Manager | See above |
| Unoccupied Shop | NA | See above |
| 6 High Street | Miss Flora Maclean – Fancy needlework | See above |
| 4 High Street | Boots Cash Chemists Ltd | See above |
| 2a High Street | Eastman & Son Ltd – Dyers and cleaners | See above |
| 2 High Street | Hamilton Holton Godfrey – Confectioner | See above |
| Cinema Royal Picture Palace, – High Street | Cinema Royal Picture Palace | See above |