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Offline Enfield Medcalf

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ERITH, why go there??????
« on: Saturday 19 May 07 15:59 BST (UK) »
I have several research surnames (unrelated) some members of whom moved from Middlesex to Erith in the latter half of the 1800's.  They were all back in Middlesex within 20-30 years.  Why???  What was the Erith attraction????
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Re: ERITH, why go there??????
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 May 07 16:01 BST (UK) »
Have you found them on the census to see what their occupation was?
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: ERITH, why go there??????
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 May 07 16:16 BST (UK) »
No info at this site, but they might be able to help.

http://www.erithmuseum.org.uk/

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Re: ERITH, why go there??????
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 19 May 07 22:16 BST (UK) »
I'd be interested in the reply - my rellies went from south Wales to Erith in the early 1900s.  I assumed it was mining?

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Re: ERITH, why go there??????
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 19 May 07 22:50 BST (UK) »
I'm not sure there was much mining around Erith.

I think it grew because of its closeness to the Thames and London.

Cable production  and the manufacture of armaments (Erith was close to Woolwich Arsenal) were important.
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: ERITH, why go there??????
« Reply #5 on: Monday 21 May 07 13:32 BST (UK) »
There was a Royal dockyard at Eirth, not sure exactly when it closed but probably fits your time frame.

The railway arrived in Eirth around 1850.

Also Vickers were a major employer in the area. Was one of the largest industrial area in SE England during the late victorian period.

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