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By this time he had become involved with research into the history of Cheshire and to make this task easier he bought
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The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester... incorporated with a republication of King's Vale Royal and
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Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County, City, and Neighborhood of Chester
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which he renamed Sedbury Park. He lived there from 1828 until his death. While there, he was appointed as a
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and served as a member of its Council from its foundation in 1843 until 1848. For this society he edited
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in 1848 and of the Chester Archaeological Society in 1849. He was also a founder member of the
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Thomas Johnson Ormerod (1809–74), religious minister, married Maria Susan Bailey, daughter of
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history of the local area, publishing a series of books and papers, including
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for Gloucestershire in 1861. He died at Sedbury Park and was buried nearby at
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in 1807. In 1806, when he came of age, he inherited extensive estates in
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In 1816 Ormerod was responsible for organising the restoration of the
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John Arderne Ormerod (1813–64), religious minister, died unmarried.
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and from books and documents lent to him by Hugh Cholmondeley,
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Georgiana Elizabeth Ormerod (1822–96), scientific illustrator.
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George Wareing Ormerod (1810–91), solicitor and geologist.
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Susan Mary Ormerod (1814–96), died unmarried in Exeter.
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The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester
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Arthur Stanley Ormerod (1821–84), religious minister.
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in 1844 and some other works. Following his move to
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In 1808, he married 441:Henry Mere Ormerod (1816–98), solicitor. 417:, the eldest daughter of the physician, 707:"Chetham Society: Officers and Council" 684:, Sandbach Town Council, archived from 557:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 842: 547: 293: 266:and estate, which was four miles from 905:Deputy lieutenants of Gloucestershire 607:, John and Sylvia Tonge, p. 13, 543: 541: 539: 537: 535: 533: 531: 771:Papers of George Ormerod (1785–1873) 870:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford 603:Tonge, John; Tonge, Sylvia (2002), 348: 274:, buying the Barnesville estate at 13: 633:, Chichester: Phillimore, p.  528: 413:On 2 August 1808, Ormerod married 19:For the British army officer, see 14: 921: 764: 739:"Obituary Notice: George Ormerod" 447:(1818–60), anatomist and surgeon. 827: 815: 803: 780:Works by or about George Ormerod 476: 49: 875:19th-century English historians 658:"Library and Archive catalogue" 497: 731: 699: 672: 650: 620: 596: 300:The full title of the work is 1: 910:English justices of the peace 551:"Ormerod, George (1785–1873)" 522: 389:in 1861, which was about the 890:Fellows of the Royal Society 589:UK public library membership 581:UK public library membership 377:he became interested in the 194: 7: 469: 393:of the local region around 371:Lancashire Civil War Tracts 343:Fellow of the Royal Society 199:George Ormerod was born in 10: 926: 18: 408: 217:Brasenose College, Oxford 137: 129: 121: 116:Brasenose College, Oxford 106: 98: 79: 60: 48: 30: 548:Crosby, Alan G. (2004). 860:Writers from Manchester 630:Cheshire Country Houses 306:'s Cheshire antiquities 233:John Latham (1761–1843) 83:9 October 1873 (age 87) 566:10.1093/ref:odnb/20836 111:King's School, Chester 451:Edward Latham Ormerod 445:William Piers Ormerod 235:, a doctor living in 215:. 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George Milner Ormerod
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Manchester
Lancashire
Sedbury
Gloucestershire
King's School, Chester
Brasenose College, Oxford
William Piers Ormerod
Eleanor Anne Ormerod
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county history
Cheshire
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Manchester
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Brasenose College, Oxford
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Sarah Latham
John Latham (1761–1843)

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