ORMEROD

ORMEROD. Seethe observations under Eoyd and Eodd. " The first syllable Ornie is a common Saxon and Norman name; the second syllable Rode, (pronounced Eoyde in Yorkshire) is correctly explained by Dr. Whitaker (Hist, of Whallcy) as the preterite of "rid," — a ridding, clearing, or essart — locus exsevtus. It occurs in the neighbourhood of English forests and chases from Yorkshire to Devonshire. - - - - The import of the name, then, is the Rode of Orme, the land reclaimed by him or his predecessors, from the forest. - - - The local name was assumed in or before tlie reign of Henry III." Ormerod is in the parish of Whalley, co. Lancaster. — Ormerod's ParcntaUa.

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