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In 1890 my great grandfather won a silver cup for coming second, rowing over 1 1/4 miles - or 1/4 mile, it isn't clear. St B GH was the awarding body. Henry Pilbeam Cox was an Inspector of Weights and Measures for Berkshire and lived in Grenfell Place in Bray or St Marks Road in Maidenhead at the time . It was an impressive achievement as he was 41 at the time. He had previously been 1st in Hackney Wick East London in 2 races in October 1871 when he was 23.
But who can tell me who or what St B GH is?
This has puzzled me for years.
Bill, Shropshire
Cox, Nottingham, Maidenhead, West London
Donne, Carmarthen London & Kent
Holloway Medway, Kent
Hepple, Northumberland
Hurrian, North Kent, SE London
Lutman, Sussex
Newcomb, Corby, Lincs, Southwark, Clerkenwell
Orange Normandy East London
Proudlock, Northumberland
Shipley, Northumberland
Staples, City of London, Holborn
Sweeting, Suffolk, London, Surrey
Wilson, Marylebone, Fulham, London
