 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".On 2 August 1808, Ormerod married Sarah Latham, the eldest daughter of the physician, John Latham.