EPSOM BUSINESSES 1911

This is one of the properties on the North Side of the East End of the High Street. These were all demolished by the start of World War 11 to enable the road to be widened – for more details see Epsom Heritage Page 5. The new properties were built in a completely different position so unlike the rest of this project it has been decided that it is pointless attempting to give a ‘Current Occupier’ as this would not be applicable.

A further complication is that the buildings were not numbered at the time and have therefore been presented under the owner’s name and as far as possible in sequential order from west to east in line with the 1911 Census and photographic evidence.

The following premises were believed to be the eastern half of the 27th in a row of 28 running from west (junction with Waterloo Road) to East (junction with East Street).

Godfrey, High Street, Epsom (Site Of)
Occupier in 1911	Hamilton Holton Godfrey Confectioner
Details of 1911 Proprietor	Born 1873 Ramsgate; married 1903 Henrietta Lemmey (1876-1972). No children. 1901: draper in Wouldham, Kent. By 1912, the confectionery shop had been taken over by Alexander Elkin, but Mr Godfrey still seems to have been there for a little while, now doing ‘dainty teas and luncheons’. Mr Elkin did not stay long either. I cannot find a death record for Mr Godfrey but Henrietta remarried 1925 Norman Burton.

Go to the 1913 Map of Epsom High Street (East)