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Northumberland / Re: Norfolk farm labourers in the Northumberland/Durham coalfields
« on: Sunday 25 August 19 08:12 BST (UK) »My ancestors also came from Norfolk{Corpusty,Saxthorpe}and they were agricultural labourers who went to work in the coal mines.Lord Hastings owned the land around Saxthorpe as well as mines in the NE.The Norfolk Family History Society is an excellent resource for delving into family trees.Many Norfolk people used to go back to the area for holidays.Wow. My first time here and I find your post
My ancestors on my father's side came from Saxthorpe/Corpusty and William Wade moved from there in 1844/6. He had 6 children born in Saxthorpe, then 3 born in Northumberland - as was my father, and I was too (Ashington). My grandmother was delighted when dad (a chemist) said he was moving from Southport to Norwich. "That's where your father's family came from!" she said.
I still live in Norwich.