This booklet is an examination of one branch of Dinsdales from Lincolnshire, starting with the first generation that could be traced, around the mid-1600s in Lincolnshire. From the earliest times they were farmers or agricultural labourers but, as times changed so did the work. Relocation gradually took place away from the rural pastures to the coal fields of South Yorkshire and, finally into the towns.
This booklet is an examination of one small branch of Middletons from Yorkshire. From first beginnings in idyllic rural Wensleydate in North Yorkshire, we follow the family chronologically through the centuries to the twentieth century where descendants are spread far and wide. Theirs is a story of the changing times: from the earliest days where they are farming, through the upheaval of land enclosure when they become farm workers, or engaged in cottage industries, to relocation to towns and cities as the process of industrialisation draws them to the heavy industries and town living in Durham.