Norfolk families heading for Yorkshire - anyone?

[maccalenny]

Hi  - I have the Bell family from Narborough moving moving up to Hunslet, Yorkshire in the 1870s sometime. It seemed a bit late for the general 'industrial revolution' move, and I wondered in anyone knows if Yorkshire was a common destination for Norfolk folk who wanted to head for a more industrial area - seems like a long way to go! Not sure if I should be lookng for a family link with that part of the world...
THanks

Kate

[scruffypup]

Hi Kate

Yes lots of Norfolk families do seem to have made their way to Yorks by the look of it, my hubbys family the Butters had 3 sons Alfred, Henry and James moving to Harrogate between 1871-1881, Dad Walter stayed behind in Norfolk but Alfred's Gran Elizabeth and her family moved to Shipley between 1871-1881.  I think something must have happened in the Anglia/East Coast area perhaps crop failure on the farms or an outbreak of a serious illness as on my Mum's side I see a lot of farming folk coming over from the Lincs area to Yorks between 1871-1881, so there does seem to be more than a coincidence.

Regards
Julie

[coombs]

Hi

A lot of Norfolk families also seemed to move to Durham. A mining village where my ancestors lived had several Norfolk families in the censuses.

Ben

[maccalenny]

Thanks guys  - useful thoughts

Kate

[Roger The Hat]

Question has been raised before. Must have been a popular choice!

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,186367.0.html


'Hat.

[Gaille]

I have Norfolk Family moving up north at the same kind of time (between the 1871 & 1881 Cencus) ........ mine moved 1st to Lancashire - and then between 1881 & 1891 to Yorkshire

Irony is - they moved to a Tiny place in Yorkshire - Which 100 years later I moved from Lancashire to Yorkshire & also worked in (and only discoved this a few months ago!)

Gaille

[Rena]

I know from my own family that Yorkshire paid better wages to miners and farmhands, don't know about other occupations. Plus my own Norfolk families moved up to the East Riding of Yorkshire where there was more work.

[coombs]

Gosh there must be a lot of Yorkshire folk with Norfolk ancestors. And Durham folk. I know there are endless Londoners with Norfolk roots but wasn't too sure about Northerners until recently. I think though, in 1861 about 300 Norfolk born people were living in Liverpool.

[Rena]

Gosh there must be a lot of Yorkshire folk with Norfolk ancestors. And Durham folk. I know there are endless Londoners with Norfolk roots but wasn't too sure about Northerners until recently. I think though, in 1861 about 300 Norfolk born people were living in Liverpool.

None of my family were part of this "exercise" but I think I saw on one episode of "Who Do You Think You Are" that there was a scheme when times were hard in Norfolk to resettle them - I think London was part of the scheme.