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Greystoke Golf Club, London. (1920s)
The club first appears in the early 1920s.
In 1922 the secretary was J H Jenner, The Grove, Hanwell and the professional Frederick M Dean (1922 to 1925). It was an 18-hole course. Visitors’ fees were 2/- a day, 5/- at weekend. There were stations at Park Royal (District), 5 minutes, and Brentham Halt GWR 3 minutes.
On 1 July 1925 F C Jewell, the Greystoke professional, competed in the “Glasgow Herald Thousand Guineas Tournament” at Gleneagles scoring 81 in the first round.
The club disappeared about 1927 when the secretary was still J H Jenner the professional was F C Jewell (1925 to 1927).
Albert Toley was a pioneer of cheap golf in London in the early 1920s, this included the course at Greystoke.
Below is a report on the death of Albert Toley in September 1925.
Westminster Gazette Tuesday 8 September 1925.
The land was eventually used for housing (see report below.)
From the Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette Friday 7 January 1927. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Location of Greystoke and Greystoke Farm at the time of WW1 (there was no golf course at this time). Brentham Halt is marked towards the top left. Reproduced from the {1914} Ordnance Survey Map.
Thanks to Rob Oubridge for the following information regarding Greystoke Golf Club - “Greystoke seemed to exist in 1923 but by 1929 was in the process of being dismantled, by the time of 1929 photo below. The large new building in the centre-right of the photo is a mansion flat block, 'Greystoke Court', in the process of being built, which is probably linked to the course's closure as land was sold off by the Greystoke farm estate before the rest was consumed by the new A40 Westway and Hanger Lane gyratory. The large house surrounded by trees just above the new building is Greystoke Manor, the seat of the estate, which was demolished soon after.”
“The picture below of the new mansion block shows a fabulous looking green. In the foreground of that same picture is the final hole of the ladies course at Hanger Hill - the clubhouse would be to the left of that.”
“More of the Greystoke course can be seen in the picture below taken from the south-west (1929).”
