Forest People Moving to Devon (General)

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Saturday, March 14, 2009, 13:48 (5806 days ago)

A branch of my family is reputed to have moved from Coleford to Barnstaple (I'm still trying to research who they were). I am assuming they moved in the 1800s-1900. Did anyone else's family move there and if so what would be the reason? Was there a shared industry? Though judging by the movement around the country at that time it might just be because of the Industrial Revolution, but Barnstaple sounds an unlikely place for heavy industry.