Borough of Epsom and Ewell
Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 332nd 34.07 km²
Admin. HQ:	Epsom
ONS code:	43UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 316th 69,600 2,043 / km²
Ethnicity:	91.3% White 3.8% S.Asian
Politics
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Independent
MP:	Chris Grayling

Epsom and Ewell is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, covering Epsom and Ewell. Image File history File links SurreyEpsomEwell. ... This article is about the English county. ... Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... This article is about the English county. ... Area is the measure of how much exposed area any two dimensional object has. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... , See also Epsom, New Hampshire, and Epsom, New Zealand. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). ... The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005, unless otherwise stated, from the Office for National Statistics [1]. See also: List of towns and cities in England by population - List of English counties by population - List of ceremonial counties of England by population - List of English districts by area - List... Arms of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Christopher Stephen Grayling (born 1 April 1962) is a British politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... , See also Epsom, New Hampshire, and Epsom, New Zealand. ... Note that Temple Ewell is in Kent Ewell is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, close to the southern boundary of Greater London. ...

The borough was originally in the Metropolitan Police District, despite being outside the modern Greater London boundaries. It was not transferred to Surrey Police until 2000. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is the name currently used by the territorial police force which is responsible for Greater London other than the City of London (the responsibility of the City of London Police). ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... Surrey Police is the Home Office police force the county of Surrey in the south of England The force is lead by Chief Constable Bob Quick and has its headquarters at Mount Browne, Guildford, Surrey. ...

The borough was originally formed as an urban district in 1894, and was known as Epsom until 1934. It was made a municipal borough in 1937. The district was initially considered for inclusion in Greater London in 1965 but was left unaltered by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. [1] In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... The London Government Act 1963 was an Act of the UK parliament which led to the official recognition of the conurbation known as Greater London. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ...

In the 3 May 2007 elections, the borough was held by the Epsom and Ewell Residents Association with 25 seats, Liberal Democrats with 11 and Conservatives 2. The Epsom and Ewell Residents Association control by majority the borough council in Epsom and Ewell in England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ...

History

Both Epsom and Ewell lie on the spring line on the north face of the North Downs where the pervious chalk meets the impervious London clay and a series of springs tend to form. In Ewell the springs which form the Hogsmill River are clearly evident. Those in Epsom are less so. , See also Epsom, New Hampshire, and Epsom, New Zealand. ... Note that Temple Ewell is in Kent Ewell is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, close to the southern boundary of Greater London. ... Where a ridge of permeable rock lies over impermeable rock there will be a line of springs along the boundary between the two layers. ... Geology of the South East, Chalk is light green (6) A cross-section , showing the Wealden Dome, and relating it to the towns of Kent The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills located in south east England that stretch for 120 miles (190 km) from Hampshire through Surrey... The Needles, situated on the Isle Of Wight, are part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. ... The London Clay is a marine deposit which is well known for the fossils it contains. ... An English river which flows from its source in the spring line village of Ewell (a corruption of The Well) in Surrey to join the River Thames at Kingston-upon-Thames. ...

These springs attracted prehistoric people to the area and numerous remains have been found, mostly in Ewell and particularly near the Hogsmill River.

In Roman times the road now known as Stane Street, which ran from London to Chichester, passed through both Epsom and Ewell. Many Roman remains have been found in Ewell suggesting that it was a sizeable Roman settlement. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... Stane Street is the modern name given to an important Roman road in England that linked London to the Roman town of Regnum (near modern Chichester). ... For the larger local government district, see Chichester (district). ...

Both Epsom and Ewell have Saxon names: Ewell takes its name from the spring in the centre of the village and Epsom, or Ebbisham, is the enclosure of Ebbi. A Saxon cemetery in The Grove in Ewell was excavated in the 1930s. Old English (also called Anglo-Penis[1], Englisc by its speakers) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

In mediaeval times the area was covered by three manors: Cuddington, which was owned by the Codington family, Epsom which belonged to Chertsey Abbey and Ewell associated with Merton Priory. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Cuddington is the name of more than one place. ... Merton Priory was founded in 1114 by Gilbert a sheriff of Henry I. By 1117 the foundation was colonised by canons from the Augustinian priory at Huntingdon and re-sited close to the River Wandle. ...

In 1538 the village of Cuddington was destroyed to make way for Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace and its surrounding parks. Henry died before the palace was completed, but it was visited by his daughter Queen Elizabeth. It was demolished in 1682. “Henry VIII” redirects here. ... Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace that was built by Henry VIII in Surrey, on the location of Cuddington, near Epsom (the church and village of Cuddington were destroyed to create the plot for the palace). ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ...

Epsom became a spa in the early 17th century when a spring containing Epsom salts was discovered on the Common. Its popularity with London society brought visits from Samuel Pepys and Nell Gwynne, the development of shops and inns and of the oldest spa assembly rooms in England. This still stands at the western end of Epsom High Street. Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. ... Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), was born Eleanor Gwynne, (February 1650 - 14 November 1687), the most famous of the many mistresses of King Charles II, was called pretty, witty Nell by Samuel Pepys. ... The Assembly Rooms are a set of elegant rooms open to the public and located in the heart of the world heritage City of Bath at Bennett Street, Bath, BA1 2QH UK. History The Assembly Rooms formed the hub of fashionable Georgian society in the city. ...

Horse racing on Epsom Downs began during the spa period, but it was not until the Oaks was first run in 1789 and the Derby the following year that it took on something like its present form. The first grandstand was built in 1830 and the present complex of three stands in 1927 and 1995. Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Epsom Downs is a grade-one racecourse near Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom. ... A derby (pronounced dar-bee /dɑːbɪ/ in most of the English-speaking world and dur-bee /dɚbɪ/ in North American English) is a type of horse race, named after the Epsom Derby, still run at Epsom racecourse in England. ...

Many large houses were built in Epsom during and after the spa period. St Martin's Church was rebuilt in 1825 and partly rebuilt again in 1908 and the clock tower in the centre of the town replaced the earlier watchhouse in 1847. Ewell saw less change in recent centuries and, although now surrounded by suburbia, still retains much of its village character. Its medieval church was replaced by the present Victorian one in 1848, but the original medieval tower still stands in the churchyard. Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ...

The Pre-Raphaelite painters, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt, had connections with both Ewell and Cuddington and used local scenes as backgrounds for a number of their paintings: notably 'Ophelia' by Millais and 'The Light of the World' by Hunt. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ... Sir John Everett Millais Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (June 8, 1829 – August 13, 1896) was a British painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. ... William Holman Hunt - Self-Portrait. ...

In 1995 Epsom and Ewell became twinned with Chantilly, Oise in France. This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the unrelated concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... Chantilly is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. ...

In August 2005 the borough was declared the best local authority area to live in the entire United Kingdom by the Channel 4 programme The Best and Worst Place to Live in the UK. The borough's low crime rate, good education results and large number of open spaces were all cited as especially attractive features. [2] [3] However by October 2006 Epsom and Ewell's position had fallen to eighth best, losing marks due to a 'lack of entertainment facilities'. This article is about the British television station. ...

Transport

Railway stations in the borough include Epsom, Ewell East, Ewell West and Stoneleigh. Both Epsom Downs and Tattenham Corner stations sit on the borough borders. Epsom railway station is the main railway station for Epsom in the county of Surrey. ... Ewell East is a railway station in Ewell, Surrey. ... Ewell West railway station serves Ewell in the Epsom and Ewell district, in Surrey. ... Stoneleigh railway station is in Epsom and Ewell district in Surrey. ... Epsom Downs railway station is in the Reigate and Banstead council area of Surrey. ... Tattenham Corner railway station serves Tattenham Corner in Surrey, in England. ...

The borough is just north of the M25 motorway. The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ...

London Gatwick Airport is about 20 miles from Epsom. Gatwick Airport (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK) is Londons second largest airport and the second busiest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ...

Politics

Epsom and Ewell is one of the few remaining councils to be dominated by a group not linked to a national political party. The Residents Association has consistently dominated the council since the foundation of the borough. The Epsom and Ewell Residents Association control by majority the borough council in Epsom and Ewell in England. ...

The Epsom and Ewell Parliamentary Constituency is one of the most Conservative seats in the country and contains the entirety of the borough. As the borough's population is not large enough for a full seat, it has also contained other neighbouring areas. Since 1997 it also contains Ashtead which is part of the Mole Valley district. Before the boundaries were changed in 1997 the constituency instead contained Banstead to the east which is part of the Reigate and Banstead borough. Epsom and Ewell is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... Image of Ashtead Common sign Ashtead is a large commuter village in Surrey, England separated from Leatherhead and Epsom by Green Belt. ... Mole Valley is a local government district in Surrey, England. ... Banstead is a town in Surrey, England, on the border with Greater London. ... Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey. ...

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