Christine Govier was born in 1914 in Butleigh near Glastonbury, her father worked as a carter for Robert Neville Grenville, Squire of Butleigh Court Estate. Robert Neville Grenville set up experimentation into cider making at Butleigh Court during the 1890s, and supported the opening of the National Fruit and Cider Institute, Long Ashton, in 1903 to undertake systematic research into cider production. He was also a pioneering motorist.
Somerset Voices: Christine Govier (b.1914)
March 10, 2009 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy, History, Location)
Tags: Butleigh, Christine Govier, Glastonbury, Robert Neville Grenville
matthew sumner said,
December 11, 2009 at 3:54 am
im trying to trace family from the goviers ,just curious ,my grandefather was cyril govier and his father was i think jimi govier they lived in high bridge in somerset.i however live in the south of france ,