As members of homo sapiens (purportedly), we like to impose patterns on the world around us. Often, however, the information available mean that those patterns exist in our minds rather than in the world around us. So it could be with the pattern of migration from the Camelford Registration District (RD) in the later nineteenth … Continue reading Cautious conclusions from Camelford
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Sojourners from Stratton
Stratton Registration District (RD) in the far north of Cornwall was the smallest in 19th century Cornwall in terms of population. This was because it had one of the lowest population densities of the 13 Cornish RDs. Yet, the proportion of the Cornish Lives sample born in this primarily rural and agricultural RD was probably … Continue reading Sojourners from Stratton
Where did they go? The Cornish generation of 1850
Back in the mists of time – around 20 years ago – I began a long-term research project aiming to study the migration patterns of a single Cornish generation at a detailed individual level. It was based on a systematic sample of all children born in Cornwall in 1850 and still alive in 1861. The … Continue reading Where did they go? The Cornish generation of 1850
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