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Reason for Yorkshire migration to Lancashire - 1880s
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Originally posted by Sylvia C View PostI've always assumed that weaving and spinning was something of a "transferable" occupation, and that they moved to where the money was.
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Originally posted by cbcarolyn View Postalso a wiki page when some of the mills opened:
I am always disappointed that I never know where my family worked, I know what they did, and where they lived, and that they were employed and not an employer - but not where.
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Originally posted by cbcarolyn View Post
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Originally posted by garstonite View Postjust curious if it had anything to do with the Ashton Canal ? Huddersfield Canal becomes Ashton Canal - only 6 miles long but maybe a Mill owner along the Huddersfield Canal built a mill on Ashton Canal to save transport costs ???
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