Hi listers, Whilst working on expanding my wife's Bedfordshire lines and tracing them through the 1851 to 1901 censuse - I noticed that several families seem to have moved to Derbyshire broadly between 1871 and 1891. I have been puzzling this one for a while and today came across yet another family that seems to have done the same. So my question is was there a concerted effort to move families to Derbyshire or is this something the families did on their own? It seems a long way to travel (83 miles in a straight line - according to "Parish Locater") on the off change that there will be work. I have heard of a scheme where families moved north, travelling by canal I believe, to work in the mills but none of the people involved seem to have jobs in mills a few go and work in the Mines. Looking forward to the replies. Kevin Top 4 Bedfordshire interests are FISHER, BONNER, BURROWS and SUMMERFIELD - then all the families that interconnect to these.

I have a similar situation in my family only they moved from Bedfordshire to Lincolnshire. They were agricultural workers and although I have no proof I believe the move was due to the Agricultural Strikes that took place in the early 1870's. I haven't got the exact details to hand but my understanding was that in the early 1870's the landowners kept reducing the wages paid to agricultural workers which resulted in a series of strikes which weren't settled until the mid 1870's. I understood that Lincolnshire was one of the first counties to settle and have always assumed that my ancestors were so desperate to keep their family together that this is why they moved. Tony Falla -----Original Message----- From: bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bedford-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Poile Sent: 15 January 2010 23:25 To: bedford@rootsweb.com Subject: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire Hi listers, Whilst working on expanding my wife's Bedfordshire lines and tracing them through the 1851 to 1901 censuse - I noticed that several families seem to have moved to Derbyshire broadly between 1871 and 1891. I have been puzzling this one for a while and today came across yet another family that seems to have done the same. So my question is was there a concerted effort to move families to Derbyshire or is this something the families did on their own? It seems a long way to travel (83 miles in a straight line - according to "Parish Locater") on the off change that there will be work. I have heard of a scheme where families moved north, travelling by canal I believe, to work in the mills but none of the people involved seem to have jobs in mills a few go and work in the Mines. Looking forward to the replies. Kevin Top 4 Bedfordshire interests are FISHER, BONNER, BURROWS and SUMMERFIELD - then all the families that interconnect to these. The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ The Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Quite a number of my relatives moved from Beds. to Derbyshire in that period, almost all to work in the mines. The work was hard but the pay much better than for agricultural labouring work. Pamela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Poile" <kevin.poile@googlemail.com> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 10:25 AM Subject: [BDF] Move from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire > Hi listers, > > Whilst working on expanding my wife's Bedfordshire lines and tracing > them through the 1851 to 1901 censuse - I noticed that several > families seem to have moved to Derbyshire broadly between 1871 and > 1891.