Abstract

This paper investigates and compares two villages; Strixton and Whiston in Northamptonshire. It looks at migration and any changes in occupational base of those communities between 1851 and 1891. Ravensteins’ research on migration led him to formulate his eleven ‘laws’ and publish a paper. The current paper investigates just four; his 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th. The outcomes are summarised as follows: 1st law, both villages support the law; 2nd law, neither village supports the law; 6th law, both villages support the law; 7th law, both villages support the first part of this law, but not the second. Strixton does support the second part of this law, Whiston does not. Differences between Strixton and Whiston are explained by the effects of Ravenstein’s laws, Earl Spencer’s enlightened policies and the shoe trade which all acted in Strixton’s favour. Whiston had little to offer and this is reflected in this study.

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