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Epsom and Ewell - local government Epsom and Ewell Borough CouncilOur local authority is the borough of Epsom and Ewell, Town Hall, The Parade, Epsom, KT18 5BY tel: 01 372 732 000. The borough council's main responsibilities include:
The Council's website is at www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk The site includes: a list of councillors by name, by committee, by ward, and by party. a list of council departments with the names and Email addresses of the officer concerned an alphabetical list of Council services The council's main enquiry point is reception@epsom-ewell.gov.uk Some notes on the historical development of local governance in Epsom and Ewell are at the foot of this page. Our council is unique in that it is the only council in England which is controlled by councillors nominated by local Residents Associations This TownPage is sponsored as a service to the community by  
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Surrey County CouncilThe Surrey County Council is based in Kingston (since 1974 in the London borough of Kingston, though formerly part of Surrey). The Surrey County Council's main responsibilities include:
The County Council has a very comprehensive Surrey Web site dealing with all local government services in Surrey, and with links to many other sites including Epsom and Ewell on the Internet DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT(These notes were kindly provided by Hon. Alderman Michael Staples, chairman of the Standing Committee of Residents Associations - SCORA) Since the fourteenth century county government had been in the hands of the Justices of the Peace in Quarter Sessions. Most of their administrative powers were given to the newly created Surrey County Council in 1889. From the seventeenth century the powers of Lords of the Manor were eroded and each parish was governed by its Vestry - a meeting of more prominent citizens (landowners) who appointed constables, beadles and other parish officers to oversee highways and the Poor Law. They set rates on property and saw to their collection. In 1850 there was elected in Epsom a Board of Health which set about providing fresh water and proper drainage. In 1894 both parish vestries were abolished and the directly elected Epsom Rural District Council (covering Ewell) and Epsom Urban District Council (covering Epsom) were created. EPSOM & EWELL COUNCIL CREATEDIn 1933 the two councils joined together to form the Urban District of Epsom and Ewell. In 1937 Borough status was granted with James Chuter-Ede as the first mayor. Epsom and Ewell survived when proposals to put part of Ewell into Greater London were defeated in 1963 at the report stage in the House of Lords. Lord Auckland, our champion on that occasion, was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough. In the local government reorganisation of 1974 Epsom and Ewell again escaped merger and retained its identity. In the 1990s proposals to create four or five unitary authorities in Surrey were also defeated. It was thus able to celebrate in 1997 the Diamond Jubilee of its incorporation as a borough. Since the nineteenth century policing has been in the hands of the Metropolitan Police. However in the year 2000 Surrey Constabulary will be taking over which should reinforce the Borough as the northern outpost of two-tier shire county government in Surrey. |
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