Hi all, I've been researching my Gradwell family history - of Stockport Etchells, Wilsmlow Pownall Fee and Great Warford, Alderley. When I was younger I was told by an uncle about 'the fighting Gradwells' who would get rather drunk at the Ship Inn, Styal, then pounce on unsuspecting people on their way home. This could be just a myth but it would be fun to find out if there was any truth in this. My sister-in-law came across a Gradwell barely related to us who had also heard of them but knew nothing more about it. I take it that these events would probably have happend some time around or prior to 1900.
