1825 1st Edtn SOME PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF EPSOM By Henry Pownall An Inhabitant Illus. Fair History

1825 1st Edition , 
SOME PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF EPSOM

By Henry Pownall An Inhabitant
Henry was in fact John George Henry Pownall, born on 2 September 1792 at ‘Vale Place’, Hammersmith Road, North Fulham, West London. Not only was he successful and very well-known in his own right, but he also spawned a formidable dynasty. He was probably in Epsom for only a very few years in the 1820s, but his story deserves telling simply in recognition of his 1825 book, which is still being used today. Apparently he was also involved in having pavements laid in Epsom, to prevent people’s feet being covered in mud. Henry was a magistrate, landed proprietor and philanthropist. He was also strongly anti-Roman Catholic and financially supported Wilberforce in the campaign against slavery. By 1851 he was Chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions and a portrait of him, painted by Eden Upton Eddis, hangs today in the lawyers’ suite of the Supreme Court building in the Middlesex Guildhall.

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Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: W. Dorling,

octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 208

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Some Particulars Relating to THE HISTORY OF EPSOM Compiled From The Best Authorities; Containing a succint and interesting description of the origin of Horse Racing and of Epsom Races, with an account of the mineral waters, and the two celebrated palaces of Durdans and Nonsuch. To which is added an appendix containing the botantical survey of the neighbourhood. With six plates, all present, including coloured frontispiece.
Henry Pownall [An Inhabitant]
"The profits will be given to the subscription school at Epsom"



SKU: BTETM0001587
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg