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.

Adams Brothers, High Street, Epsom (Site Of)
Occupier in 1911	Adams Brothers Bootmakers
Details of 1911 Proprietor	Herbert (born 1883 Epsom) and William (born 1889 Epsom) Adams Both single at this stage; living with their widowed mother Ann (c.1846-1917). Their father (died 1893) was Frederick, who at one time had been a racehorse trainer in Epsom but was latterly a stableman. Siblings (all born Epsom) – Annie 1877 (also living with the Adams family in 1911, with her husband, bricklayer Thomas Palmer); James Frederick (1879), groom; Henry Charles (1881); Frank Fleetwood (1886), butler. Herbert married 1913 Jane Weston; died 10 April 1943, then living at 98 Eastdean Ave. William married 1917 Annie Terry; died 24 December 1957, then living at Church Side. Adams Bootmakers on the right. General view of the High Street taken a few years later, Adams in the centre. Images courtesy of Bourne Hall Museum

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