Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street Ewell Surrey KT17 1UF
Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF
Robert Fabian was a police officer, who rose to the rank of Detective Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police. After retirement from the force in 1949, he worked as crime writer. Mrs Beeton Victorian writer whose 'Book of Household Management' is one of the most famous cookery books ever published. Samuel Pepys . During the diary period Pepys visited our area on six occasions: once in 1663, four times in 1665 and once in 1667. He spent time in Ewell and Nonesuch Palace. He makes it clear that he was already well-acquainted with the area: a cousin lived at Ashtead and Samuel spent time there as a boy. Because of the diary, it is possible to detail Pepys’ activities on each of his visits. Charles Dickens, visited and wrote about the Derby, and it even appears in one of his books. He once said that you could fire a cannon ball down Epsom High Street on 364 days of the year and hit no one, but on one day kill hundreds Derby Day.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 14 September:
- 10am to 5pm
Location & directions
Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF
- Contact on day:
- David Brooks
- Telephone number:
- +442083941734
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
