ABSTRACT
Large-scale movements of population from one area to another have been characteristic of the last hundred years or more, Movements of population within large cities differ from these in origin and effects. The earlier migrations into and from Bristol were largely the result of new opportunities for economic advancement or of economic needs. Thus the west country rural immigrants to the city, the Bartonian emigrants to other countries at the time of the cotton famine and to South Wales and other regions between the two world wars were all mainly influenced by economic changes. The movements of population within the city during the inter-war and post-war years differed in that they were made possible by social action in the field of housing and were not primarily related to the location of industry. Municipal housing policy as regards clearance, building and the allocation of houses largely determined both the make-up of the migrants and the direction of the move.
