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Epsom

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Epsom

Residential town in Surrey, southeast England, 30 km/19 mi southwest of London; population (2001) 64,500. In the 17th century it was a spa town producing Epsom salts. The Derby and the Oaks horse races are held annually at Epsom Downs racecourse.

Epsom was a small village until it developed as a spa following the discovery of springs containing sulphate of magnesia in 1618. The Royal Medical College on the downs was founded in 1851 as a school for the sons of doctors. Sculptures by John Flaxman and Francis Chantrey decorate the Gothic church (rebuilt in 1824). The UK's first automatic telephone exchange was installed in Epsom by the Post Office in 1912. The site of Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace, built mainly between 1538 and 1546, was excavated in 1959.



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As a fact, I know (from an Irish policeman who is a friend of mine) that he was found close up to the Epsom Grand Stand--in fact, only hidden by one of the lower doors being pushed back.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
The betting-books were covered with entries of immense sums, as though the Epsom races were at stake.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
At Epsom races, a matter of over twenty years ago, I got acquainted wi' a man whose skull I'd crack wi' this poker, like the claw of a lobster, if I'd got it on this hob.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
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