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   Graeme Wall to Ian Goddard   
   Re: Moving Surrey to North Wales C18   
   15 Nov 20 08:54:16   
   
   From: rail@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 14/11/2020 22:29, Ian Goddard wrote:   
   > On 14/11/2020 12:53, Ruth Wilson wrote:   
   >> But what made someone move from Surrey to Bodfari. It seems a fairly   
   >> obscure place to go.   
   >   
   > Is it possible some landowner had properties in both places and   
   > encouraged a tenant to move between them?  I've seen evidence of this in   
   > medieval and Tudor times but I suppose it could be possible at alater time.   
   >   
      
      
   It is certainly the case with domestic servants right up till the 20th   
   century.   
      
      
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