----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Robinson" <[email protected]> To: "john.hume" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [NYorks] Transportation > Hi John, > > Well, you might save some time if you don't look for trains in the period > you mention: 1680-1745. > Canals are another means of water transport but they, too, are as yet > nascent. There were always, pretty well, coastal "packets" plying here and > there, and certainly from Durham to London. Also, in time, colliers would > carry a few passengers besides the coal-handling crew members. But to get > from Durham to York at the time you speak of, I would pursue reading around > coaching and carting (think Barkis of "David Copperfield"). The poorest > always walked, as you mention, either carrying a bundle or swag on the end > of a pole comme aux Australiens, or maybe pushing a hand-cart. There are > some wonderful visual illustrations of all this and I bring to mind Sir > Hubert van Herkomer's evocative "Hard Times" (Manchester). It's not your > period neither is it your place but it tells us a lot about the foot-weary, > poor family. Of course, your people moving from Durham to York might not > have been "poor", in which case, certainly, the coach for them. > > I'm sure someone will suggest suitable histories of transport, or transport > in the 17th Century, or whatever, but I often find that, once the facts are > at hand, you'll get your best ideas from paintings and from novels. Of > course, the novel itself was is its infancy in the period you specify, but > people like Defoe and Fielding were roaming the countryside for various > reasons and have left us vivid word pictures of "fact" besides Fielding's > (in particular) own novels, e.g. "Tom Jones". > > Then there are "Reports into the State of xxxxx Turnpike" or similar. > You'll probably get these on the internet by googling. > > Hope this encourages, > Julie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "john.hume" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:01 PM > Subject: [NYorks] Transportation > > > > Hi Everyone, > > Off to the public library tomorrow to try and discover any book which may > help in defining how our ancestors travelled around the country from 1680 > onwards. Stagecoach, horse and cart, train and even Shanks's pony, therefore > the question is does anyone have any book titles which cover this topic. I'm > trying to find out how my family moved from Durham in 1680 down to York for > 1745. > > Many thanks > > regards > > John Morriss HUME > > Always looking for:-HUME plus > > ARCHER-Cradley Herts, 1840---BEAL(E) - Sheffield 1880 > > BROOKES-Rotherham > > BROGDEN - Collingham York 1851 > > 1860---BUCKLAND-Nottingham 1880 > > BURTON- Sheffield 1910---CARLTON-Sutton on Forest Yorks. 1730 > > CLARKE-Myton Hall, CHAMBERS, Rotherham 1880-1901 > > CLARK- Hull 1820, Yorks 1825---CROWSHAW- Sheffield 1910 > > HARGREAVES-West Yorks 1840---HARRISON-Nottingham 1760 > > HELMAN-London 1850---HOLIDAY-Kilvington York 1780 > > HUME- Lowestoft 1901--- > > LINCOLN-London 1850--- MEDD-SEAMER YORK 1901---McBRIDE- Rotherham 1850 > > SKELTON -York 1800---THEAKER- Sheffield 1910 > > STANLEY-West Hartlepool-1863 > > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > > List Mom for ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L: > > Diana Boothe [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >