Boy Soldier buried in Epsom
Leslie Charles ATTWOOD, b.1899 – d.1917 Enlisted in the army in 1914 aged 15. Awarded the Silver War Badge. Buried in a pauper’s and now unmarked grave in Epsom’s abandoned … Read More
Category: Local History
Borough celebrates being a Twin for 25 years
Over the Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, Epsom and Ewell entertained a large group of visitors from its French twin town, Chantilly. Guests included Chantilly’s Deputy Mayor and members of the Chantilly Comité … Read More
Grace Jones – Horton Cemetery Stories
One of 9000 forgotten and buried patients in Epsom’s Horton Cemetery, Grace Jones went into the workhouse aged about 13 and after transfer to Long Grove Hospital in Epsom died … Read More
Council losing “the plot”?
Is Horton Cemetery in Epsom about to be condemned for good by the Borough’s own Burial Authority? In a rushed special meeting of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s Strategy and … Read More
Emily Elizabeth Campbell – Horton Cemetery Stories
b.1871-d.1953 Research and story provided to us by hortoncemetery.org Pauline Powell, Emily’s great-niece, researched, wrote and supplied the trace material for the story and from whom we have permission to … Read More
Watch out! Tanks about!
In 1939, following the declaration of the Second World War, thought was given to the real possibility of a German invasion of our shores. When The Channel Islands were invaded … Read More
Horton Light Railway – A Potted History
Having been closed down and dismantled just four years before my birth, the Horton Light Railway always held a certain fascination, for me when growing up in the area, and … Read More
Borough History: Elizabeth Whitrod
Courtesy of the Friends of Horton Cemetery we republish researched stories of the 9000 patients of the cluster of psychiatric hospitals formerly located in the Borough who were buried in the neglected … Read More
Notable Residents of Epsom & Ewell – Robert Honey Fabian
From 1972 until his death in 1978 Robert Fabian lived out a quiet retirement at 40 Fairfax Avenue in East Ewell. Twenty years earlier he had been the most famous … Read More