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EPSOM BUSINESSES 1911

2 Ormonde Buildings, Epsom
Current Occupiers (2013) Stan James Betting Shop 

Cadogan House above:

Cadogan Wilson – Financial Advisor
Adair Associates – Quantity Surveyors

Now 6 High Street, joined to 4 High Street

Occupier in 1911 William Linnell Ingham
Chemist (dealer)
Details of 1911 Proprietor Born 19 March 1860 Wellingore, Lincolnshire.

Married 1899 Elsie Colsell Blackmore 1874-1951 Surrey.

Children (all born Epsom except the eldest) – Charles Edward Blackmore 1900 Wimbledon-1971, married Ellen C Makepeace; Jack Christopher S c.1902-84, married Hilda M Waller; Walter Hugh Brown c.1904-17; Margaret Elsie (or vice versa) Helen 1905-79, unmarried; Stafford Walter Henry 1908-77, married Mary Rosalie Howe; Eric Linnell Colsell 1910-87; Gordon William 1912-13, Kitty Zada M 1914-72, unmarried (twin); William Tom Trafford 1914-78, (twin) married Jessie May Shaw.

Died 7 December 1932, Middle House, Epsom.

Note: Kelly’s Directory for 1911 lists Macdonald Ltd, artificial teeth makers, who attended Ormonde Buildings on Wednesdays. Having perused the occupants of this small block, I think it most likely that they used a room in Mr Ingham’s premises, but I could be completely wrong.

Ingham's Chemist
Ingham’s Chemist (right, with the large sun blind)
Image courtesy of Bourne Hall Museum.

Go to the 1913 Map of Epsom