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Hill Walker · 09-02-2014, 16:36

I would be surprised if the Irish potato famine was not the cause of many of the new arrivals. Certainly some of my ancestors came to Accrington for that reason in about 1850.

09-02-2014, 16:36	#9
Hill Walker Full Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 193 Liked: 135 times Rep Power: 14220	Re: St. Mary's, Clayton - burial records I would be surprised if the Irish potato famine was not the cause of many of the new arrivals. Certainly some of my ancestors came to Accrington for that reason in about 1850.