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Daniel Defoe, Charles II, and Thomas Shadwell brushed metal plaque

Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Daniel Defoe, Charles II, and Thomas Shadwell brushed metal plaque

Epsom High Street Three hundred years of history have left their mark on the high-street. 1618 The mineral well on Epsom Common is discovered to have medicinal qualities. 1672 Thomas Shadwell's play Epsom Wells is performed for Charles II. 1707 John Livingstone opens entertainment facilities at the

New Wells off the High Street. 1724 Defoe’s Tour Through Britain comments:- ‘…the nobility and gentry go to Tunbridge, the merchants and rich citizens go to Epsom… the common people chiefly to Dulwich

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