Kearsley's Traveller's Entertaining Guide Through Great Britain (1803):
Epsom is a town , once celebrated for its mineral waters, and the salts produced from them; they issue from a rising ground near Ashted and were discovered in 1618. On the neighbouring downs horse-races are annually kept There are many handsome seats in the neighbourhood and, among others, Durdans, late a seat of the earl of Guildford ; Woodcote-green, W. Northey, esq ; Woodcote-park, L Tessier, esq. beyond it on the r. is Sir J Davis. On the l. Mrs Hudson, lady Duckenfield and John L'Anson esq.
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