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Grindley (other)
Grindley may refer to: People *David Grindley (born 1972), British 400 metres runner *G. C. Grindley (1903–1976), British psychologist *George Grindley (1925–2019), New Zealand geologist *Nigel Grindley (born 1945), British biochemist *Thomas Grindley (born 1864), politician in Alberta, Canada *Ryan Grindley (born 1989), engineer in United States Other *Grindley Brook, small village in Shropshire, England *Grindley Brook Halt railway station, railway halt in the village of Grindley Brook, Shropshire *Grindley railway station, former railway station to serve the village of Grindley in Staffordshire *Robert M. and Matilda (Kitch) Grindley House, private residence located in Detroit, Michigan *Tushingham cum Grindley, former civil parish in Cheshire, England *W H Grindley, pottery company founded in Stoke-on-Trent in 1880 See also * Grindlay, a surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Grindley
David Allan Grindley (born 29 October 1972 in Hindley) is a British former 400 metres track and field athlete who reached the final of the men's individual 400 metres (where he placed sixth) and won bronze in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. His personal best for the 400 metres is 44.47 seconds and is the fastest time by a British teenager. Grindley had a spell playing Rugby Union with Aspull R.U.F.C Grindley now works as an airline pilot and races (Road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...) for North Cheshire Clarion. References 1972 births Living people People from Hindley, Greater Manchester English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grindley
George William Grindley (22 October 1925 – 12 February 2019) was a New Zealand geologist. The Grindley Plateau in Antarctica is named in his honour. Early life and education Grindley was born in Dunedin on 22 October 1925, and studied geology at the Otago School of Mines at the University of Otago. He graduated Bachelor of Science in 1947, and Master of Science in 1949. The title of his master's thesis was ''The reconnaissance geology of the Eglinton and East branch valleys, Western Southland''. In 1973, he was awarded a DSc by the University of Otago, on the basis of published and unpublished papers submitted as a thesis. Career Grindley worked at the New Zealand Geological Survey. He spent time on the West Coast, where he assisted Harold Wellman, and also worked on the displacement of the Alpine Fault. After working in south Wales and Canada for a year in the early 1950s, Grindley worked on the geological mapping of New Zealand, and was site geologist at Wairakei. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Grindley
Nigel David Forster Grindley FRS (born 24 November 1945) is a British biochemist and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University. He studied at the University of Cambridge (BA, 1967) and London University (Ph.D, 1974). He taught at University of Pittsburgh. He was a 1987 Guggenheim Fellow, and won a 1991 MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006. He was named as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsi ... in 2008. At Yale his team are studying the effects of a variety of enzymes on DNA. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grindley, Nigel David Forster 1945 births Living people Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Camb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grindley
Thomas Maltby Grindley (November 8, 1864 – October 20, 1929) was a politician in , and a municipal councillor in . Biography Grindley was born November 8, 1864 in on the . He was educated there and immigrated to Canada in 1882. He moved ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Grindley
Ryan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Ryan (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) *Ryan (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Australia * Division of Ryan, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *Ryan, New South Wales *Ryan, Queensland, a suburb of the City of Mount Isa United States *Ryan, California *Ryan, former name of Lila C, California *Ryan, Iowa *Ryan, Minnesota *Ryan, Illinois *Ryan, Oklahoma *Ryan, Washington *Ryan, West Virginia *Ryan Park, Wyoming *Ryan Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Film, radio, television and web * ''Ryan'' (film), an animated documentary * ''Ryan'' (TV series), 1970s Australian TV series *''Von Ryan's Express'', a 1965 World War II adventure film Other uses *Ryan M-1, an airplane *Ryan Aeronautical Company (Claude Ryan) *Ryanair (Tony Ryan) *Ryan Field (other) *Ryan International Airlines (Ron Ryan) *Ryan Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindley Brook
Grindley Brook is a small village in Shropshire, England, on the A41 trunk road around 1.5 miles north west of the market town of Whitchurch. It is the most northerly settlement in Shropshire and borders directly onto Cheshire, and is within the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban. It is also the name of a small brook which flows past the village and marks the Cheshire-Shropshire border at this point. Geography The Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal passes through the village, and it is here that the canal descends to the Cheshire Plain. Three locks rise in a staircase near the village, and there are three other locks as the canal passes through the village. The village is the starting point for four long-distance footpaths: the Maelor, Shropshire and South Cheshire Ways and the Sandstone Trail, and several others run through the village, including the Marches Way The Marches Way is a partially waymarked long-distance footpath in the United Kingdom. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindley Brook Halt Railway Station
Grindley Brook Halt was a railway halt in the village of Grindley Brook, Shropshire on the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway or Chester-Whitchurch Branch Line. Nearby the line crossed the Shropshire Union Canal and the A41 road, A41. It was open between 1937 and 1957. Services References External links Grindley Brook Halt station on Subterranea Britannica Disused railway stations in Cheshire Former London, Midland and Scottish Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1937 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1957 Whitchurch, Shropshire 1937 establishments in England 1957 disestablishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindley Railway Station
Grindley railway station was a former United Kingdom, British Train station, railway station to serve the village of Grindley, Staffordshire, Grindley in Staffordshire. It was opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway in 1867 and closed in 1939. The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway was purchased for £100,000 by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway in July 1881 and the line subsequently passed into London and North Eastern Railway, LNER ownership with Railway Grouping in 1923. Originally single line, a passing loop was added in 1887. Built in a cutting, the main station buildings were next to the road above, with the booking office on the main platform. Like most of the others on the line, the platforms were staggered, both accessible by cart tracks.Jones P (1981) ''The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway,'' Salisbury: The Oakwood Press Two miles further north the single line entered Bromshall Tunnel before reaching its junction with North Staffordsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert M
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and '' berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tushingham Cum Grindley
Tushingham cum Grindley is a former civil parishes in England, civil parish, now in the parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish contained the village of Tushingham and the hamlet of Bell o' th' Hill. According to the 2001 UK census, the total population of the civil parish was 166, rising to 187 at the 2011 Census. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley. Etymology The ''Grindley'' component of the name has been given as Grenleg' Grenlet, Grenlee, Grynleye, Grynesley, and Gryndley sometimes with Broke, broc, or "le Brock" added to the end since the thirteenth century. It refers to "Green wood" or "clearing" next to a brook. The brook later became known as Wych Brook, and it now forms the county boundary between Cheshire and Shropshire at that point. For the origins of ''Tushingham, two possible explana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W H Grindley
W H Grindley was an English pottery company that made earthenware and ironstone tableware, including flow blue. The company was founded in 1880 by William Harry Grindley, JP (b. 1859) of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. The company was founded at the Newfield Pottery by Grindley and Alfred Meakin (connected to J. & G. Meakin company), but the partnership ended in 1884 and Grindley continued alone. It moved to the Woodland Pottery in 1891. William Harry Grindley died in 1926. W H Grindley was taken over by Alfred Clough in 1960, and became known as Grindley of Stoke in 1978. The company bought Ceramix in 1980, and was itself bought by Federated Potteries in 1982 before being bought back by W H Grindley in 1988. The company went into receivership In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver—a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights"—e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
