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do you know what a master of maindy grange or maindy manor is please , he was a mate in the merchant navy, are they ships??? just cant seem to find out. please have some one got the answer. deb

Debra Maindy is a place near Cardiff in Wales. Sounds like there was a manor house or grange there that your ancestor used to run? There's also barracks there, but I don't know how old they are. Hope this helps, Karen

thank you karen, but still cant find anything out, i dont live that far away from cardiff, have asked loads of people around here and they dont seem to know anything, any more suggestions???? deb

Hello Debra - I can remember in my youth going swimming in Maindy Baths - those were the days. Been on google and the only reference I can find relates to Locomotives - now, Iasked hubby who is train fanatic and apparently the Hall Class Locomotives built for Great Western Railway in the 1940's were named after famous or historic Halls - there is an engine called Maindy Hall - so there must at some time been such a place. Couldnt find out any more though - probably worth contacting Cardiff Museum and asking there. did you realise there is a site for Welsh Mariners? came across it quite be accident whilst looking for Maindy Hall. Try www(.)welshmariners(.)org(.)uk and see if you have any luck with your man. All the best Jacqui

thank you jacqui, i will look into that, and see what i can find. have typed in maindy grange and manor and dont seem to find anything. just looked on wesh mariners gives me details of what his job was , and what years he served. and that he was master of the places above but no more info. looks like i will keep looking. deb

May be nothing but I found this: Saturday, 9th March 1940 D189 The collier 'Maindy Hill' (1,918t) while on Admiralty service, was sunk in a collision with an unknown ship off Hartlepool. Twenty-three crew members were landed at Hartlepool Dock Head the following day. The one man injured was taken to hospital. She was built in 1911.

Maindy appears to be in Newport, not Cardiff.

thank you geoff , bob and everyone but still seem to be hitting my head on a wall as i cant find anything, thought it was a ship first as he was in the merchant navy, but now thinking its more of a place. any more suggestions please. deb

Hi Maindy is in Cardiff near where I live, there is a barracks there that opened in 1876. Maendy is CF37 - nearer to Newport. I have never heard of a place called Maindy Grange or Maindy Manor, though, as ever, am willing to be corrected. I hope someone finds the answer for you. Best wishes A

Hi Debra, Found this page: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/33/ALRC33Ch9.html#ALRC33Paragraph182. which is some australian legal page but has a segment which makes no sense to me at all lol!! and refers to a ship (I think!) the Maindy Manor. Emma.

Hi Debra, It appears that Maindy Manor was a ship that was insured by Lloyds of London and was involved in a claim. Crista

thank you crista and emma , i will look into that. deb