Category Archives: Epsom

A new year, a new milestone passed

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Robert J S Briggs

It’s 2013. I can’t decide if last year flew by or was slow and steady. More likely, my memory is not what it used to be and I’m forgetting half of what I did – being newly arrived and unemployed … Continue reading →

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New work – sorry Epsom…

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Robert J S Briggs

…but you can no longer claim to be the place named Hebbeshamm at which King Alfred convened an assembly of many of his leading men in 882, a meeting known solely from the passing reference made in a charter to … Continue reading →

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