IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
The Greenway, EPSOM, KT18 7JD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to The Greenway, KT18 7JD by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (32 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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The Crescent
1930s housing in The Crescent, a road which forms a part inner-circle of The Wells. This is a short stub at its western end, beyond which it was presumably the presence of Wells House which prevented its onward development as a complete circle.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.08 miles
2
Wells House
Former manor house in The Wells, built in 1888 as a manor house by the then Lord of the Manor, James Stuart Strange. It is now a children's home, called Karibu.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.10 miles
3
Well Way
1930s bungalows in Well Way, leading to the site of the original well.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.11 miles
4
The Crescent
1930s housing in The Crescent, a road which forms a part inner-circle of The Wells.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.11 miles
5
Well Way
1930s bungalows in Well Way, leading to the site of the original well.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.11 miles
6
The Wells, Epsom
This shows the first Epsom Spa Well, now in the centre of a housing estate which occupies the circular area of the commercial grounds of the well.
The healing powers of the water from this well were discovered about 1618. By the 18th Century the wells were in a large brick building. There was a coffee house, gaming rooms, and shops selling food.
The Epsom salts which are the mineral content of the water have strong purgative powers and cartoons show the customers running for the bushes after drinking the water. See Epsom and Ewell history website http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/EpsomSpa.html .
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 2 Jun 2010
0.14 miles
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The Greenway
1930s housing in The Greenway, which forms the outer circle of The Wells.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.14 miles
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The Greenway
1930s housing in The Greenway, which forms the outer circle of The Wells.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.14 miles
9
Epsom Well
The site of the original Epsom Well in Well Way, marked by a new wellhead added in 1989 for close up see Image
I didn't taste the water in the puddle in the foreground, in case it wasn't from the spring itself.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.14 miles
10
Plaque, Epsom Well
Commemorative plaque at the site of the original Epsom Well (see Image).
It reads: "Epsom & Ewell Borough Council. The first Epsom Spa Well. This well-head is built at the site of the original Epsom well, said to have been discovered in 1618. It gave water rich in magnesium sulphate (Epsom Salts) which became popular because of its medicinal properties and led to the development of Epsom as a spa town. Visitors included Nell Gwyn, Samuel Pepys and Daniel Defoe."
The history is continued on a second plaque, seen in Image
For wider view see Image
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 7 Sep 2018
0.14 miles