The Grindells

[clarehume]

Has anyone here heard of the grindells from bristol...they were a well known family of hauliers and publicans and william stone grindell even had a road named after him - grindell road.  let me know!

thanks

clare

[SueTeakle]

Took a quick look on the 1901 census and noticed the following:-

William J Grindall, 57, Hauling Contractor, Born Bristol
Ann Grindall, 55, Born Bristol
William Grindall, 20, Carter Contractor, Born Bristol
John Henry Grindall, 19, Carter Contractor, Born Bristol
Francis Grindall, 18, Stablers ?, Born Bristol
Lilly Grindall, 13, At School, Born Bristol

Living at Netham Lodge, Netham Road, Moorfield St Matthew, Bristol
RG13/2391  Folio 54  Page 26

Regards, Sue

[clarehume]

Thats them...I have that information but was just wondering if anyone knew more personal details about them e.g. what pubs they owned etc...thanks very much for the look up! 

[Valda]

If you Google Grindell and Bristol you come up with information like this

The Grindells

The new owner of the pub in 1901 was William S. Grindell, esq. of Bristol, and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grindell took over as tenants. The Grindells were, at this time, a wealthy land owning family who traded in horses. Grindell Road, Redfield, which is near to a former field of theirs, is a reminder of those days. Frederick Grindell, who was married to a one time actress, Miss Lily Toms, traded from Lydiard’s Farm, Memorial Road, Hanham. (This ancient building was unfortunately demolished in the 1960’s).

Mention the name "Grindell" to our oldest local residents and they immediately talk of horses:
‘Oh yes, I remember young Dibbie Grindell, she was always wandering about with a horse.

The Queen’s Head yard was used by the  Grindells for their horses and carts, and it may have been that the old slaughterhouse was sometimes used for stabling after c.1915. The colourful Grindells were not untouched by scandal in those days. One incident related to Mrs. Alfred Grindell of The Queen’s Head, who was supposed to have made a damaging accusation against a local woman whose husband had been away fighting in the war. In spite of Mrs. Grindell’s denial of having made any such slanderous statement, in February 1919, his Lordship, the Bristol Assize Judge, ordered her to pay £15 to the woman "to show people that they must not indulge in this kind of slander’.

Regards
Valda