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EPSOM BUSINESSES 1911

61 High Street, Epsom
Current Occupier (2013) Michael Everett
Estate AgentsRenumbered 87 High Street. Locally Listed building.
Occupier in 1911 Roll & Taylor
Builders and undertakers
Details of 1911 Proprietor Henry Roll

Born c.1860 London; married 1884 Emily Mary Sandall (1861 Epsom-1947)

Children (all born Epsom) – Henry John 1885-1965 Edinburgh, lived Christchurch Road, married Elizabeth Castledine; Frank Ernest c.1888-1967, married 1914 Elizabeth Goodwin (died 1955) and then in 1956 married Dulcie May Roll; Mabel Alice 1890-1974, unmarried; Hilda Emily 1892-1984, married Frederick Henry Wiltshire. Both Henry John and Frank Ernest were local builders.

In 1881 Henry Senior was a carpenter lodging in Epsom.

Died 26 July 1934, then living West Hill Avenue.

Mr Roll’s business partner was Henry Taylor, who lived in Hook Road.

Born c.1858 Epsom; married 1878 Emily Stroud (1857-1927)

Children – Henry Herbert 1879 Peckham-1953, then living Hook Road, builder; Alice Florence 1880 Epsom-1957, married 1906 Frederick Thomas Ayres, newsagent of 47 High Street; Hetty c.1883 Epsom; Oscar (1892-1917, killed in action Belgium).

Died 31 July 1929, still living in Hook Road.

Roll & Taylor
Roll & Taylor on the right in a later period
Image courtesy of Bourne Hall Museum

Go to the 1913 Map of Epsom High Street