----- Original Message ----- From: "rita woodcock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Excavators in Wiltshire 1841 > Hello list, > > I was trawling through an 1841 census website for Wiltshire and came > across many heads of families and whole places where the persons > occupations were given as Excavators. > > Curiously I wondered if anyone would know what sort of excavations they > would have been involved in, in 1841 ? > > Regards Rita Woodcock Norfolk UK > > The Great Western Railway was completed in 1841 so it may well be that the excavations were in that connection. Paul