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EPSOM , a See also:market See also:town in the Epsom See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Surrey, See also:England, 14 m. S.W. by S. of See also:London See also:Bridge. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 10,915. It is served by the London & See also:South-Western and the London, See also:Brighton & South See also:Coast See also:railways, and on the racecourse on the neighbouring See also:Downs there is a station (Tattenham Corner) of the South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. The See also:principal See also:building is the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, a See also:good example of See also:modern See also:Gothic, the interior of which contains some See also:fine sculptures by Flaxrnan and See also:Chantrey. Epsom (a contraction of Ebbisham, still the name of the See also:manor) first came into See also:notice when See also:mineral springs were discovered there
about 1618. For some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time after their See also:discovery the town enjoyed a wonderful degree of prosperity. After the Restoration it was often visited by See also:Charles II., and when See also:Queen See also:Anne came to the See also:throne, her See also:husband, See also:Prince See also:George of See also:Denmark, made it his frequent resort. Epsom gradually lost its celebrity as a See also:spa, but the See also:annual races held on its downs arrested the decay of the town. Races appear to have been established here as See also:early as See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I's See also:residence at Nonsuch, but they did not assume a permanent See also:character until 1730. The principal races—the See also:Derby and Oaks—are named after one of the earls of Derby and his seat, the Oaks, which is in the neighbourhood. The latter See also:race was established in 1779, and the former in the following See also:year. The See also:spring races are held on a See also:Thursday and See also:Friday towards the See also:close of See also:April; and the See also:great Epsom See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting takes See also:place on the Tuesday and three following days immediately before Whitsuntide,—the Derby on the Wednesday, and the Oaks on the Friday (see See also:HORSE-RACING). The See also:grand stand was erected in 1829, and subsequently enlarged; and there are numerous training stables in the vicinity. Close to the town are the extensive buildings of the Royal Medical Benevolent See also:College, commonly called Epsom College, founded in 1855. Scholars on the See also:foundation must be the sons of medical men, but in other respects the school is open. In the neighbourhood is the Durdans, a seat of the See also:earl of See also:Rosebery.
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