I can only presume this was a racecourse grandstand?
York pub history index
Residents at this address
1851, Grand Stand, J. Wake, Knaves mire
In 1851 at the Grandstand on Knavesmire.
James Wake, Inn keeper, aged 47 and born in Durham
Elizabeth Wake, Wife, aged 39 and born in Kilburn, Yorkshire
John Wake, Son, aged 19 and born in Yorkshire
Mary Barker, General servant, aged 16 and born in Hutton Sessay, Yorkshire
In the 1861 census, James Wake is a retired Innkeeper, but by 1871 he is again at the Bar Hotel, in Micklegate
1885, Grand Stand Hotel, William Morrell Briggs, Knavesmire
In 1911 at the Grand Stand Knavesmire York, York, Yorkshire
Charles William Marshall, Hotel keeper aged 38 and born in Ludborough Louth Lincs
Annie Kemplay Marshall, Wife, Assisting in business aged 35 and born in Fulford York, Yorkshire
Phyllis Annie May Marshall, Daughter aged 5 and born in Grand Stand Hotel York, Yorkshire
Charles Oswald George Marshall, Son aged 4 and born in Grand Stand Hotel York, Yorkshire
Rose Lupton Kemplay Marshall, Daughter aged 2 and born in Grand Stand Hotel York, Yorkshires
Gladys Mary Marshall, Daughter aged 8 months and born in Grand Stand Hotel York, Yorkshire
Maude Mary Hopwood, Nurse, Widow aged 27 and born in Leeds, Yorkshire
In 1921, Charles William Marshall is at 37 Lawrence Street, York, Yorkshire; the Tam o'Shanter Inn