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.
| London Central Meat Company, High Street, Epsom (Site Of) |
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| Occupier in 1911 | London Central Meat Company |
| Details of 1911 Proprietor | This was another example of the ‘invasion of the chain store’ which was gaining ground at around this period. The London Central Meat Company had started in 1880 as a market stall operation in Tamworth, Staffordshire, but by 1900 it had over 100 shops and, like Eastmans across the road at Number 59, dealt mainly in refrigerated and frozen meat imports. In the late 1950s the name was changed to Baxters (Butchers) Ltd (the Baxters had long been involved). Baxters was eventually taken over by Dewhursts. |
Go to the 1913 Map of Epsom High Street (East)