| Abstract | The article argues that changes in agricultural practices associated with enclosure led to a movement of workers to the Wolds from the North and West Ridings, but that otherwise there was little correlation between farming types and the extent of movement. There appears to be a significant fall in the drawing capacity of a place at about 12km. The towns, especially Beverley, show a predominance of inward migration, and longer distances of movement, while the urban population emerges as more mobile than the rural population |