Epsom

Epsom, a town of Surrey, 15 miles S.W. of London, once renowned for its mineral springs (whose salts gave their name to a valuable mineral salt now obtained elsewhere), and still renowned for its races, the chief of which are the "Derby" and the "Oaks," in early summer, and which for a long time past have been the carnival of London, and have provided material for the painter, the novelist, and the student of national character. [Derby-Day.]