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Opened as "Epsom" in 1847 by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on what is today the line from Croydon to Leatherhead, this station closed in 1929 when the current Epsom railway station was rebuilt to take the extra traffic. The 1847 station became "Epsom Town" from 1870 to c.1900, and again from 1923 until closure. View north at the former forecourt. The building is still there, behind the modern shop frontages. And behind the building, the railway line still runs.

Upper High Street from the junction with Church Street. Formerly known as Station Road, because the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway built a line to Epsom in 1847 which terminated at Epsom Town station, about half way up Station Road. The buildings are recognisable from this Francis Frith photo taken in 1902: http://www.francisfrith.com/epsom/photos/station-road-1902_48086/ and http://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/frith.php?id=2361693 , although the closure of the station in 1929 has meant that, over the years, the focal point of the town has shifted west towards Epsom station and the Ashley Shopping Centre.

No. 1 Church Street, Epsom - built for the Epsom and Ewell Technical Institute to the designs of architect John Hatchard-Smith (1853-1926). "Building started on the Technical Institute in Church Street, Epsom in September 1893 on land given by Mr Basil Braithwaite of Hookfield. The architect was Mr John Hatchard-Smith and the builder and contractor was Mr J.B. Potter. The building was built in the English renaissance style and was completed in May 1896. The site was occupied until 1980 when it became inadequate for its purpose." - quoted from this http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/TechnicalInstitute.html

Side view of a former Calvinist chapel, built around 1780, by William Bugby, and later used as a Salem Baptist chapel and more recently as a synagogue. Now converted for office use. Grade II listed. To the east, in the foreground, is the burial ground, with a number of headstones laid against the east wall of the chapel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugby_Chapel

Quite a good modernist brick building on East Street. The taller end block has a large vertical window.

A typical 1960's - 1970's office block with a car showroom on the ground floor.

Epsom fire station, Church Street, Epsom, Surrey

On Church Street, by Pite, Son and Fairweather, 1937. A good, clean modern facade.