The Borough’s memorial plaques
For example: the plaque for the Prince Regent & Mrs Fitzherbert at 16 Waterloo Road, Epsom
Image courtesy of Roger Morgan 2021
There are no “Blue Plaques” in the Borough of Epsom and Ewell as the scheme (currently administered by English Heritage) covers only the London Boroughs. That scheme – the first in the world – was founded in 1866, and has inspired many similar schemes both in the UK and internationally.
Epsom and Ewell’s scheme for commemorating “Notable Residents” began in 1987 (the Golden Jubilee of the Borough’s creation), and covered the following people and places:
Isabella Beeton at 1/3 Upper High Street
James Chuter Ede at Tayles Hill House (and, in 2013, at 78 Miles Road, Epsom)
John Constable at Hylands House
George IV and Mrs Fitzherbert at 16 Waterloo Road, Epsom (pictured above)
Charles II and Nell Gwynne at Bramshott House (137a/139 High Street) Epsom
John Livingstone at 32 West Hill
John Millais and William Holman Hunt at the Old Barn, Rectory House
Albert Nicholls at Chessington House
Lord Rosebery at the Durdans
George Woodcock at 24 Lower Hill Road
Stanley Wootton at Treadwell House
Since the initial scheme, additional plaques have been installed at various times to remember:
Emily Davison at the Old Cottage Hospital
Frank Hampson at Bayford Lodge, 1 College Avenue
Horton Light Railway at Horton Park Golf Club
Lord Kitchener at Epsom Racecourse
Thomas Green at Ashley Road
In 2009, more plaques were installed for the Ewell Heritage Trail and marked the following properties:
The Hogsmill Railway Bridge (See also Hogsmill Local Nature Reserve)
Mary Wallis House
You may be also interested to see the non-Borough plaque at 32 West Hill Avenue, Epsom commemorating Joseph Lee.
Peter Reed 2020