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Many of us have been fascinated by the "Who Do You Think You are?" series on the dear old beeb, and particularly by Clive Paine's revelations about Mr Paxman's humble Suffolk roots.
The fact that members of the family travelled north in the middle of the 19th Century, almost as part of an enforced migration, is interesting in itself.
But the Glemsford censuses reveal several other examples of a somewhat similar movement later in the Century.
Skerton, part of Lancaster, in Lancashire was one town that received migrants from Glemsford (and other Suffolk towns, like Lavenham) some time in the 1870s. "Matting weavers" are to be found on the 1881 Census for that area, on Earl Street and Lune Street.
Families such as Brown, Debenham and Middleditch can be identified - they were in Glemsford in 1871, in Skerton in 1881 and (mostly) back in Suffolk by1891. There were, apparently, 2 matting factories in Skerton at that time.
Why and how the families moved , and why they mostly returned, would make a fascinating historical study.
Anybody up for it?
Oh, and the Brown family involved can be read about in more detail here: