history, manorial history and antiquarian topography. He deliberately excluded reference to commerce, industry and urbanisation. Between a quarter and a third of the work was written by Ormerod himself while the rest consists of transcripts of documents and reprints of earlier works. A second edition of the work, revised and enlarged, was produced by Thomas Helsby and published between 1875 and 1882. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819. Career and works In 1816 Ormerod was responsible for organising the restoration of the Saxon crosses in Sandbach. He later became a founder member of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire in 1848 and of the Chester Archaeological Society in 1849. He was also a founder member of the Chetham Society and served as a member of its Council from its foundation in 1843 until 1848. For this society he edited Lancashire Civil War Tracts in 1844 and some other works. Following his move to Gloucestershire he became interested in the antiquities and Roman history of the local area, publishing a series of books and papers, including Strigulensia in 1861, which was about the archaeology of the local region around Chepstow Castle, which in the Middle Ages had been known as "Striguil". Family On 2 August 1808, Ormerod married Sarah Latham, the eldest daughter of the physician, John Latham. They had seven sons and three daughters: Thomas Johnson Ormerod (1809–74), religious minister, married Maria Susan Bailey, daughter of Joseph Bailey. George Wareing Ormerod (1810–91), solicitor and geologist. John Arderne Ormerod (1813–64), religious minister, died unmarried. Susan Mary Ormerod (1814–96), died unmarried in Exeter. Henry Mere Ormerod (1816–98), solicitor. William Piers Ormerod (1818–60), anatomist and surgeon. Edward Latham Ormerod (1819–73), physician, married Mary Olivia Porter in 1853 and Maria Millet in 1856. Arthur Stanley Ormerod (1821–84), religious minister. Georgiana Elizabeth Ormerod (1822–96), scientific illustrator. Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828–1901), entomologist, died unmarried. See also Sandbach Crosses Bibliography The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1819): Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3. References External links Papers of George Ormerod (1785–1873) at Archives Hub Chetham Society 1785 births 1873 deaths Writers from Manchester People educated at The King's School, Chester Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford 19th-century English historians English antiquarians History of Cheshire Fellows of the Royal Society People from Tidenham Chetham Society