VIRGOs in Hillingdon, Middlesex (General)

by Roger Griffiths , Thursday, September 22, 2011, 21:06 (4814 days ago) @ Jefff

Hi again Jeff,

Thing is that FoD was historically an area of mining, iron, coal, ochre and quarrying as well as forestry. The last was not labour extensive. In the 1840's capitalists like Crawshay arrived with the finance to sink deep mines. This supported the fast increasing population to an extent. I think coal continued to be mined until c1960. Long before that, people had to look elsewhere for the means of making a living. My family were mainly iron miners but by 1900 most had migrated to London.

Roger