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I have been puzzling over a very similar question - my family moved from a little village in rural Norfolk to Liverpool around the 1870s.
The rural economy at the time was collapsing, so I understand why they moved out of Norfolk, but others in the family went to London but my great-grandfather came to Liverpool.
I have come to the conclusion that they planned to emigrate but for one reason or another they didn't. I have read that many such people fell foul of con merchants who took their money on the promise of "sorting the passage out for them". But I doubt I'll ever know for certain.
At least it stopped me being American - so I should be grateful I suppose.
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