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The ground was named 'Griffin Park' after a nearby pub, The Griffin, which was owned by the Griffin Brewery and was used for accommodation. [4] After a number of trial matches, Griffin Park was opened on 1 September 1904. [4] Season tickets for the 1904–05 season (priced between 10 shillings and one guinea) sold out. [3]
Bedworth has six main suburban districts, namely Collycroft, Mount Pleasant, Bedworth Heath, Coalpit Field, Goodyers End and Exhall. Exhall is a generic name for the area surrounding junction 3 of the M6 motorway , comprising parts of both Bedworth and Coventry.
The Nicholas Chamberlaine Almshouses are Grade II* listed almshouses in the town centre of Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. Dating from 1840, they remain in use for their original purpose. Dating from 1840, they remain in use for their original purpose.
Brockford hosted a beerhouse along with the Griffin pub (still standing; grade 2 listed early 16th century house, extended to the right in the 17th century and closed as the pub in the early 1960s [3]) with a beer retailer added by 1891. [2]
John Fuller's Griffin Brewery dates from 1816; in 1845, his son, John Bird Fuller, was joined by Henry Smith and John Turner. Fuller, Smith & Turner owns and operates more than 380 pubs , inns and hotels across the south of England.
Fuller, Smith & Turner still own and operate over 380 pubs, inns, and hotels across the south of England, including 209 managed businesses and 175 tenanted inns. [10] It has more than 820 boutique bedrooms in its managed estate and 44% of sites are within the M25.
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The Griffins name came from the London Broncos former home ground at Griffin Park. The ground took its name from the Griffin in the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the land on which the stadium was built. The nearby Griffin pub was a popular meeting place for fans before and after London Broncos home games.