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Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« on: Tuesday 13 March 07 22:51 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone tell me please what would have brought people from Suffolk to Milton, Nr. Sittingbourne in the late 1800s?

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Derbyshire: Brocklehurst, Wigley, Wragg, Hunt, White
Suffolk: Pledger, Mears
Herts: Hills, Linzell,Cakebread
Cambs: Hills
Bucks: Edmonds

London (Moorfields/Shoreditch) : Williams, Sharp
Warwicks: Edmonds, Litchfield
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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 13 March 07 23:08 GMT (UK) »

Employment.
Can you be more specific about the year(s)?

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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 14 March 07 15:36 GMT (UK) »
Hi Pauline
I would say from about 1875 onwards

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Derbyshire: Brocklehurst, Wigley, Wragg, Hunt, White
Suffolk: Pledger, Mears
Herts: Hills, Linzell,Cakebread
Cambs: Hills
Bucks: Edmonds

London (Moorfields/Shoreditch) : Williams, Sharp
Warwicks: Edmonds, Litchfield
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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 14 March 07 17:00 GMT (UK) »
My thoughts would be boats/barges or papermaking.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 14 March 07 21:25 GMT (UK) »
there was also a huge amount of brickmakers in the area. As George Smeed was a big employer in the area. The Brickfields were extensive. George Smeed also employed barges to take his bricks to London and was one of the biggest brick manufacturer's in Kent if not the country.
Have found one of my Brickmaking family's relocated to Hertfordshire from Sittingbourne in the 1871 census and the back again in the 1881. Not really sure why.
LON:Banks,Bennett,Cane,Diggins,Elsey,Fautley,Gotobed,Huckle,Hutson,Hywood,Lane,Monk,Owen,Pankhursts,Proud,Sigger/s,Stacey,Voller,Woods
Berk:White, Turner,Parsons
Beds:Channer
Camb:Claydon,Hazelwood,King, Claiden,Forman, Collins
Essex:Sigger/s,Cook
Hampshire: Voller
Kent: Busbridge,Fletcher,Fowtrell,Hall,Payne,Saunders,Souton
Norfolk:Gayford,Turner,Rush,Knight,Hammond
Somerset:Marshman
Surrey:Denyer,Monk
Sussex:Hill/s, Davey,Saunders
Wales:Walters

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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 14 March 07 21:41 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: bearkat on Wednesday 14 March 07 17:00 GMT (UK)
My thoughts would be boats/barges or papermaking.

Many thanks for the suggestion

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Derbyshire: Brocklehurst, Wigley, Wragg, Hunt, White
Suffolk: Pledger, Mears
Herts: Hills, Linzell,Cakebread
Cambs: Hills
Bucks: Edmonds

London (Moorfields/Shoreditch) : Williams, Sharp
Warwicks: Edmonds, Litchfield
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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 14 March 07 21:55 GMT (UK) »
The brickfields certainly sounds like a possibility.
It seems as if one or two in the Suffolk village went off to Milton and word got back that work was to be had there, so others made the move.

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Derbyshire: Brocklehurst, Wigley, Wragg, Hunt, White
Suffolk: Pledger, Mears
Herts: Hills, Linzell,Cakebread
Cambs: Hills
Bucks: Edmonds

London (Moorfields/Shoreditch) : Williams, Sharp
Warwicks: Edmonds, Litchfield
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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 14 March 07 22:14 GMT (UK) »
If you find who you are looking for on the 1881 census you will find out their occupation.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Why Milton, Nr.Sittingbourne late 19C?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 15 March 07 20:12 GMT (UK) »
Whoops!   How come I didn't do just that?   I'm feeling really embarrassed (and my age!)

Thanks - they did in fact work in the brickfields.

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Derbyshire: Brocklehurst, Wigley, Wragg, Hunt, White
Suffolk: Pledger, Mears
Herts: Hills, Linzell,Cakebread
Cambs: Hills
Bucks: Edmonds

London (Moorfields/Shoreditch) : Williams, Sharp
Warwicks: Edmonds, Litchfield
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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