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Tag Archives: census
Telling family stories
As part of my research I will inevitably have to tell you some family histories. I say have to – it’s a vital, fascinating and relevant part of my research. But have you ever had someone try to tell you their … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, History, Irish, Maps, Migration, PhD, Sources, Wolverhampton
Tagged carribee island, census, Coles Croft, creative history, immigration, ireland, irish immigration, maps, oral history, sources, storypast, storytelling
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Black Country Irish: Willenhall
The rule of thumb with any sort of migration, especially when looking at the industrial era, is the larger the town, the greater the gravitation pull. Thus, London drew from all over the country, Birmingham pulls mostly from the Midlands counties, and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish
Tagged Black Country Irish, census, clarkes lane, Graham, ireland, irish, little ireland, little island, Petty, portobello, willenhall
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Legitimate concerns?
There’s been a lot said in the last few days about migrants – how they should be listed and categorised, how people’s “legitimate concerns” over influxes of labour should be heard, how funding should be changed so we don’t have … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish, Migration, Wolverhampton
Tagged census, immigration, Migration, mobility, wolverhampton
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Black Country Irish: Wolverhampton, 1851
I’m starting my series on the Irish in the 19th century Black Country by looking at Wolverhampton. This is familiar ground for me, or at least should be – so I’m broadening my normal hyper-local view of Carribee Island out to look … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, Irish, PhD, Quantitative data, Space, Wolverhampton
Tagged arcgis, carribee island, census, choropleth, HGIS, historical geography, historical GIS, immigration, irish immigration, jenks, maps, statistics
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The Other immigrants of Carribee Island: Wolverhampton’s Jewish community 1
My PhD research focuses on a small section of Wolverhampton town centre in the nineteenth century that was well-known – perhaps notorious, even – for it’s substantial Irish immigrant population. “Carribee Island” and the “Stafford Street district” became by-words when … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Space, Wolverhampton
Tagged black country, canal street, carribee island, cemetery, census, fryer street, graveyard, henri lefebvre, immigration, jew, jewish, judaism, map, martin daunton, other, prussia, st james square, stafford street, synagogue, urbanisation, wolverhampton
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“Slums” of the Black Country: The Mambles, Dudley
I’ve had a wonderful time speaking on my research at Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Archives recently – I’ve met tons of new people, heard anecdotes and stories and generally had a ball. I was discussing Carribee Island, a site of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Country, Housing, Maps, Slum
Tagged alan mayne, black country, carribee island, census, dudley, flood street, housing, immigration, maps, nineteenth century, oakeywell street, old maps, poverty, slum, Slums of the Black Country, the mambles, victorian
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Dead ends and back alleys
Just a short one today as I’m in the midst of a massive trawl through several decades’ worth of census enumerators returns. I’m writing this from my local library, from where I can work on their computers (for free) (albeit … Continue reading
Posted in PhD, Wolverhampton
Tagged budget, census, court housing, free, history, history from below, housing, library, research, talks, wolverhampton
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