1851 British Census Horrocks Surname Summary Information
Horrocks Surname Variants Birthplace by County/Country Birthplace by City/Parish Census Locations-By County Census Locations-By Parish/City
Name Number Pct. County  Number  Pct. City/Parish County  Number  Pct. County/Island Number Pct. Parish County Number Pct.
Horrocks 2,223 80.25% Lancashire       2,357 85.09% Bolton Lancashire         259 9.35% Lancashire     2,350 84.84% Bolton (Great & Little) Lancashire       332 11.99%
Horrox 229 8.27% Cheshire         107 3.86% Bury Lancashire         234 8.45% Cheshire       155 5.60% Bury Lancashire       130 4.69%
Harrocks 102 3.68% Yorkshire           89 3.21% Wigan Lancashire         116 4.19% Yorkshire         88 3.18% Wigan Lancashire       114 4.12%
Horrock 59 2.13% Not Stated           27 0.97% Manchester Lancashire           84 3.03% Middlesex         35 1.26% Heap Lancashire       100 3.61%
Horricks 52 1.88% Kent           23 0.83% Ainsworth Lancashire           80 2.89% Kent         28 1.01% Middleton Lancashire         86 3.10%
Horrax 51 1.84% Middlesex           23 0.83% Middleton Lancashire           80 2.89% Warwickshire         19 0.69% Ainsworth Lancashire         85 3.07%
Horracks 18 0.65% Ireland           22 0.79% Liverpool Lancashire           69 2.49% Suffolk         15 0.54% Manchester Lancashire         73 2.64%
Harricks 15 0.54% Warwickshire           19 0.69% Bolton (Great) Lancashire           60 2.17% Cumberland         14 0.51% Pilkington Lancashire         72 2.60%
Harrock 9 0.32% Cumberland           14 0.51% Heap Lancashire           45 1.62% Northamptonshire         10 0.36% Tottington Lower End Lancashire         66 2.38%
Harocks 6 0.22% Suffolk           14 0.51% Rochdale Lancashire           39 1.41% Durham           9 0.32% Liverpool Lancashire         65 2.35%
Horrick 6 0.22% Northamptonshire             9 0.32% Heywood Lancashire           38 1.37% Surrey           9 0.32% Walmersley Lancashire         53 1.91%
Total 2,770 100.00% Derbyshire             8 0.29% Pilkington Lancashire           38 1.37% Derbyshire           8 0.29% Stockport Cheshire         49 1.77%
Devon             8 0.29% Torrington Lancashire           38 1.37% Westmorland           7 0.25% Elton Lancashire         44 1.59%
Staffordshire             6 0.22% Tonge Lancashire           37 1.34% Devon           5 0.18% Newton Lancashire         42 1.52%
Surrey             6 0.22% Stockport Cheshire           36 1.30% Herefordshire           4 0.14% Tonge With Haulgh Lancashire         39 1.41%
Ages at Time of Census Durham             4 0.14% Turton Lancashire           36 1.30% Sussex           4 0.14% Turton Lancashire         39 1.41%
Westmorland             4 0.14% Horwich Lancashire           35 1.26% Nottinghamshire           3 0.11% Rumworth Lancashire         35 1.26%
Age Range Number Pct. Herefordshire             3 0.11% Not Stated Lancashire           35 1.26% Staffordshire           3 0.11% Tonge Lancashire         33 1.19%
90 to 99           1 0.04% Nottinghamshire             3 0.11% Bolton (Little) Lancashire           34 1.23% Essex           2 0.07% Newchurch Lancashire         32 1.16%
80 to 89           5 0.18% Berkshire             2 0.07% Radcliffe Lancashire           32 1.16% Dorset           1 0.04% Heaton Norris Lancashire         27 0.97%
70 to 79         49 1.77% Essex             2 0.07% Harwood Lancashire           31 1.12% Gloucestershire           1 0.04% Horwich Lancashire         27 0.97%
60 to 69       110 3.98% Isle of Man             2 0.07% Lostock Lancashire           31 1.12% Total     2,770 100.00% Lostock Lancashire         27 0.97%
50 to 59       190 6.87% Northumberland             2 0.07% Rumworth Lancashire           29 1.05% Harwood Lancashire         26 0.94%
40 to 49       277 10.02% Scotland             2 0.07% Not Stated Not Stated           27 0.97% Radcliffe Lancashire         26 0.94%
30 to 39       345 12.48% Wales             2 0.07% Preston Lancashire           26 0.94% Bradshaw Lancashire         23 0.83%
20 to 29       477 17.25% British Subject             1 0.04% Walmersley Lancashire           22 0.79% Spotland Lancashire         23 0.83%
10 to 19       615 22.24% Buckinghamshire             1 0.04% West Leigh Lancashire           20 0.72% MacClesfield Cheshire         22 0.79%
0 to 9       696 25.17% England             1 0.04% Chadderton Lancashire           19 0.69% Blatchinworth and Calderbrook Lancashire         22 0.79%
Total     2,765 100.00% France             1 0.04% Elton Lancashire           19 0.69% Farnworth Lancashire         22 0.79%
Hampshire             1 0.04% Farnworth Lancashire           19 0.69% Walmersley Cum Shuttleworth Lancashire         22 0.79%
Jamaica             1 0.04% Bradshaw Lancashire           18 0.65% Chadderton Lancashire         21 0.76%
Leeds             1 0.04% Breightmet Lancashire           18 0.65% Westleigh Lancashire         21 0.76%
Most Common Names Leicestershire             1 0.04% Shuttleworth Lancashire           18 0.65% Hyde Cheshire         20 0.72%
Rutland             1 0.04% Birmingham Warwickshire           18 0.65% Dukinfield Lancashire         19 0.69%
Name Number Pct Sussex             1 0.04% Newchurch Lancashire           17 0.61% Upholland Lancashire         19 0.69%
John       239 8.63% West Indies             1 0.04% Unsworth Lancashire           17 0.61% North Bierley Yorkshire         19 0.69%
Mary       235 8.48% Wiltshire             1 0.04% Knottingley Yorkshire           17 0.61% Lydiate Lancashire         18 0.65%
James       186 6.71% Total       2,770 100.00% Oldham Lancashire           16 0.58% Oldham Lancashire         18 0.65%
William       180 6.50% Halsall-Lydiate Lancashire           15 0.54% Preston Lancashire         18 0.65%
Elizabeth       166 5.99% Hindley Lancashire           15 0.54% Abram Lancashire         17 0.61%
Thomas       144 5.20% Prestwich Lancashire           15 0.54% Birtle Cum Bamford Lancashire         17 0.61%
Ann       124 4.48% Family Relationship at time of Census North Bierley Yorkshire           15 0.54% Sharples Lancashire         17 0.61%
Sarah       111 4.01% MacClesfield Cheshire           14 0.51% Halliwell Lancashire         16 0.58%
Alice       110 3.97% Relationship  Number  Pct. Not Stated Ireland           14 0.51% Haslingden Lancashire         16 0.58%
Samuel         77 2.78% Daughter          681 24.58% Bedford Lancashire           14 0.51% Toxteth Park Lancashire         16 0.58%
Jane         76 2.74% Son         627 22.64% Pemberton Lancashire           14 0.51% Bedford Lancashire         15 0.54%
Margaret         72 2.60% Head         550 19.86% Sharples Lancashire           14 0.51% Hindley Lancashire         15 0.54%
Joseph         69 2.49% Wife         434 15.67% Warrington Lancashire           14 0.51% Kersley Lancashire         15 0.54%
Ellen         61 2.20% Lodger         107 3.86% Hyde Cheshire           13 0.47% Breightmet Lancashire         14 0.51%
Henry         52 1.88% Visitor           45 1.62% Abram Lancashire           13 0.47% Hulme Lancashire         14 0.51%
Robert         49 1.77% Granddaughter           41 1.48% Haslingden Lancashire           13 0.47% Oldham Below Town Lancashire         14 0.51%
Martha         49 1.77% Servant           41 1.48% Quarlton Lancashire           13 0.47% Pennington Lancashire         14 0.51%
George         47 1.70% No Relationship Given           33 1.19% Salford Lancashire           12 0.43% Cheadle Bulkeley Cheshire         13 0.47%
Richard         39 1.41% Sister           30 1.08% Edgeworth Lancashire           11 0.40% Lewisham Kent         13 0.47%
Hannah         33 1.19% Grandson           27 0.97% Heaton Norris Lancashire           11 0.40% Little Lever Lancashire         13 0.47%
Total     2,119 76.50% Brother           21 0.76% Newton Lancashire           11 0.40% Stayley Cheshire         11 0.40%
Nephew           19 0.69% Spotland Lancashire           11 0.40% Tottington Higher End Lancashire         11 0.40%
Niece           13 0.47% Lewisham Kent           10 0.36% Birmingham Warwickshire         11 0.40%
Son-in-law           12 0.43% Great Lever Lancashire           10 0.36% Hopwood Lancashire         10 0.36%
Stepson           12 0.43% Upholland Lancashire           10 0.36% Wardleworth Lancashire         10 0.36%
Brother-in-law             9 0.32% Aughton Lancashire             9 0.32% Warrington Lancashire         10 0.36%
Pauper             6 0.22% Halliwell Lancashire             9 0.32% Laxton Northamptonshire         10 0.36%
Sister-in-law             6 0.22% Laxton Northamptonshire             9 0.32% Pontefract Yorkshire         10 0.36%
Apprentice             5 0.18% Dukinfield Cheshire             8 0.29% Cheadle Moseley Cheshire           9 0.32%
Scholar             5 0.18% Ashton Lancashire             8 0.29% Billinge Lancashire           9 0.32%
Stepdaughter             5 0.18% Crompton Lancashire             8 0.29% Crompton Lancashire           9 0.32%
Mother             4 0.14% Dalton Lancashire             8 0.29% Oswaldtwistle Lancashire           9 0.32%
Daughter-in-law             3 0.11% Failsworth Lancashire             8 0.29% Tyldesley Lancashire           9 0.32%
Mother-in-law             3 0.11% Flansham Lancashire             8 0.29% Wavertree Lancashire           9 0.32%
Aunt             2 0.07% Westhoughton Lancashire             8 0.29% Bradford Yorkshire           9 0.32%
Head Of Fam (Head)             2 0.07% Whitehaven Cumberland             7 0.25% Keighley Yorkshire           9 0.32%
Housekeeper             2 0.07% Billinge Higher End Lancashire             7 0.25% Whitehaven Cumberland           8 0.29%
Lodgers Wife             2 0.07% Blackley Lancashire             7 0.25% Broughton Lancashire           8 0.29%
Nurse             2 0.07% Blackrod Lancashire             7 0.25% Great Lever Lancashire           8 0.29%
Patient             2 0.07% Chaddern Lancashire             7 0.25% Ince Lancashire           8 0.29%
Wife of Son             2 0.07% Hopwood Lancashire             7 0.25% Shuttleworth Lancashire           8 0.29%
Assistant             1 0.04% Newton Heath Lancashire             7 0.25% Stretford Lancashire           8 0.29%
Carter             1 0.04% Stalybridge Lancashire             7 0.25% Aston Warwickshire           8 0.29%
Cleaning             1 0.04% Tonge With Haulgh Lancashire             7 0.25% Knottingley Yorkshire           8 0.29%
Father             1 0.04% Wavertree Lancashire             7 0.25% Newton Cheshire           7 0.25%
Father-in-law             1 0.04% Keighley Yorkshire             7 0.25% Greenwich Kent           7 0.25%
Grandfather             1 0.04% Leeds Yorkshire             7 0.25% Droylsden Lancashire           7 0.25%
Half Brother             1 0.04% Cheadle Bulkeley Cheshire             6 0.22% Edgworth Lancashire           7 0.25%
Half Sister             1 0.04% Metton Cheshire             6 0.22% Little Hulton Lancashire           7 0.25%
Infant             1 0.04% Bexley Heath Kent             6 0.22% Walton On The Hill Lancashire           7 0.25%
Inmate             1 0.04% Lowton Lancashire             6 0.22% Westhoughton Lancashire           7 0.25%
Man Servant             1 0.04% Atherton Lancashire             5 0.18% St Marylebone Middlesex           7 0.25%
Prisoner             1 0.04% Droylsden Lancashire             5 0.18% Brettenham Suffolk           7 0.25%
Private             1 0.04% Houghton Lancashire             5 0.18% Hollingworth Cheshire           6 0.22%
Private Pensioner             1 0.04% Lydiate Lancashire             5 0.18% Werneth Cheshire           6 0.22%
Servant's Son             1 0.04% Oakenshaw Lancashire             5 0.18% Bexley Kent           6 0.22%
Student             1 0.04% Ormskirk Lancashire             5 0.18% Ashton Under Lyne Lancashire           6 0.22%
Uncle             1 0.04% Shevington Lancashire             5 0.18% Blackburn Lancashire           6 0.22%
Total       2,770 100.00% Skelmersdale Lancashire             5 0.18% Blackrod Lancashire           6 0.22%
Tyldesley Lancashire             5 0.18% Castleton Lancashire           6 0.22%
London Middlesex             5 0.18% Great Marsden Lancashire           6 0.22%
Brettenham Suffolk             5 0.18% Lathom Lancashire           6 0.22%
About the 1851 England Census Stalybridge Cheshire             4 0.14% Ambleside Westmorland           6 0.22%
Dawlish Devon             4 0.14% Dinnington Yorkshire           6 0.22%
The 1851 Census for England was taken on the night of 30 March 1851. Dublin Ireland             4 0.14% Leeds Yorkshire           6 0.22%
The following information was requested:  Billinge Lancashire             4 0.14% Dawlish Devon           5 0.18%
Castleton Lancashire             4 0.14% Clayton Le Moors Lancashire           5 0.18%
*  Name of street, place, road, etc. Chorley Lancashire             4 0.14% Fulwood Lancashire           5 0.18%
*  House number or name Darcy Lever Lancashire             4 0.14% Ormskirk Lancashire           5 0.18%
*  Name of each person that had spent the night in that household Marsden Lancashire             4 0.14% Newington Surrey           5 0.18%
*  Relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family Roundhill Lancashire             4 0.14% Barnsley Yorkshire           5 0.18%
*  Person's marital status Walton Lancashire             4 0.14% Saddleworth Yorkshire           5 0.18%
*  Age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in) Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire             4 0.14% MacClesfield St Paul Cheshire           4 0.14%
*  Person's rank, profession, or occupation Whitefield Lancashire             4 0.14% Poulton Cum Seacombe Cheshire           4 0.14%
*  Person's place of birth (if outside of England or Wales, only the country may be given) St Pancras Middlesex             4 0.14% Beard, Ollerset, Whittle, and Thornset Derbyshire           4 0.14%
*  Whether blind, deaf, or idiot Pilkington Staffordshire             4 0.14% Dinting Derbyshire           4 0.14%
Wibsey Yorkshire             4 0.14% Hereford St John The Baptist Herefordshire           4 0.14%
Enumeration forms were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night Preston Qr Cumberland             3 0.11% Atherton Lancashire           4 0.14%
 and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the Plymouth Devon             3 0.11% Darcy Lever Lancashire           4 0.14%
 individual's status as of 30 March 1851 for all individuals who had spent the night in the Hereford Herefordshire             3 0.11% Much Woolton Lancashire           4 0.14%
 house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where  Astley Lancashire             3 0.11% New Accrington Lancashire           4 0.14%
 they spent the night on census night. All of the details from the individual forms Bacup Lancashire             3 0.11% Old Accrington Lancashire           4 0.14%
 were later sorted and copied into enumerators' books, which are the records we  Blackburn Lancashire             3 0.11% Reddish Lancashire           4 0.14%
 can view images of today. The original householders schedules from Church Lancashire             3 0.11% Samlesbury Lancashire           4 0.14%
 1841 to 1901 were destroyed. Cockey Moor Lancashire             3 0.11% Shevington Lancashire           4 0.14%
Darwen Lancashire             3 0.11% Skelmersdale Lancashire           4 0.14%
Note:  All the above information was taken from the Census Listing on Ancestry.Com. Halewood Lancashire             3 0.11% Wheelton Lancashire           4 0.14%
Haywood Lancashire             3 0.11% St George The Martyr Middlesex           4 0.14%
Heaton Lancashire             3 0.11% St Martin Ludgate Middlesex           4 0.14%
Hulme Lancashire             3 0.11% St Pancras Middlesex           4 0.14%
Kirkdale Lancashire             3 0.11% Ipswich St Mary At The Elms Suffolk           4 0.14%
Lathom Lancashire             3 0.11% Lambeth Surrey           4 0.14%
Orrell Lancashire             3 0.11% Great Salkeld Cumberland           3 0.11%
Salmesbury Lancashire             3 0.11% Preston Quarter Cumberland           3 0.11%
Standish Lancashire             3 0.11% Bishopwearmouth Durham           3 0.11%
Syldesly Lancashire             3 0.11% Wingate Durham           3 0.11%
St George M Middlesex             3 0.11% Aughton Lancashire           3 0.11%
Ipswich Suffolk             3 0.11% Chorley Lancashire           3 0.11%
Ambleside Westmorland             3 0.11% Clitheroe Lancashire           3 0.11%
Bradford Yorkshire             3 0.11% Crumpsall Lancashire           3 0.11%
Horsforth Yorkshire             3 0.11% Everton Lancashire           3 0.11%
Not Stated Yorkshire             3 0.11% Lowton Lancashire           3 0.11%
Newton Cheshire             2 0.07% Middle Hulton Lancashire           3 0.11%
Romiley Cheshire             2 0.07% Openshaw Lancashire           3 0.11%
Werneth Cheshire             2 0.07% Standish Lancashire           3 0.11%
Derby Derbyshire             2 0.07% Walton Le Dale Lancashire           3 0.11%
Darlington Durham             2 0.07% West Derby Lancashire           3 0.11%
Maldon Essex             2 0.07% Westminster St Margaret Middlesex           3 0.11%
Isle of Man Isle of Man             2 0.07% Kingston Upon Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire           3 0.11%
Greenwich Kent             2 0.07% Whitley Lower Yorkshire           3 0.11%
Accrington Lancashire             2 0.07% Chester St John The Baptist Cheshire           2 0.07%
Allithwaite Lancashire             2 0.07% West Ham Essex           2 0.07%
Barton Lancashire             2 0.07% Ardwick Lancashire           2 0.07%
Bradgow Lancashire             2 0.07% Didsbury Lancashire           2 0.07%
Burscough Lancashire             2 0.07% Entwisle Lancashire           2 0.07%
Chowbent Lancashire             2 0.07% Lancaster Lancashire           2 0.07%
Edenfield Lancashire             2 0.07% Moston Lancashire           2 0.07%
Edge Lancashire             2 0.07% Quarlton Lancashire           2 0.07%
Entwistle Lancashire             2 0.07% Sefton Lancashire           2 0.07%
Farton Lancashire             2 0.07% Wuerdle and Wardle Lancashire           2 0.07%
Great Crosby Lancashire             2 0.07% Bromley St Leonard Middlesex           2 0.07%
Hanwood Lancashire             2 0.07% Kensington Middlesex           2 0.07%
Harwood Lee Lancashire             2 0.07% St Gabriel Fenchurch Middlesex           2 0.07%
Irlam Lancashire             2 0.07% Sneinton Nottinghamshire           2 0.07%
Kersley Lancashire             2 0.07% Stoke Upon Trent Staffordshire           2 0.07%
Kirkham Lancashire             2 0.07% Brighthelmstone Sussex           2 0.07%
Knowsley Lancashire             2 0.07% Brighton Sussex           2 0.07%
Leigh Lancashire             2 0.07% Mottram Cheshire           1 0.04%
Limefield Lancashire             2 0.07% Tintwistle Cheshire           1 0.04%
Little Heaton Lancashire             2 0.07% Abbotsbury Dorset           1 0.04%
Little Hilton Lancashire             2 0.07% Coxhoe Durham           1 0.04%
Little Hulton Lancashire             2 0.07% Gateshead Durham           1 0.04%
Little Lever Lancashire             2 0.07% Greencroft Durham           1 0.04%
Longworth Lancashire             2 0.07% Charlton Kings Gloucestershire           1 0.04%
Marsh Green Lancashire             2 0.07% Chatham Kent           1 0.04%
Middle Hulton Lancashire             2 0.07% Woolwich Kent           1 0.04%
Much Woolton Lancashire             2 0.07% Barrowford Booth Lancashire           1 0.04%
Oswaldtwisle Lancashire             2 0.07% Barton Lancashire           1 0.04%
Pendleton Lancashire             2 0.07% Barton Upon Irwell Lancashire           1 0.04%
Pennington Lancashire             2 0.07% Bickerstaffe Lancashire           1 0.04%
Pittington Lancashire             2 0.07% Butterworth Lancashire           1 0.04%
Prescott Lancashire             2 0.07% Cheetham Lancashire           1 0.04%
Rainworth Lancashire             2 0.07% Clifton Lancashire           1 0.04%
Reddish Lancashire             2 0.07% Cliviger Lancashire           1 0.04%
Rossendale Lancashire             2 0.07% Colne Lancashire           1 0.04%
Rumionk Lancashire             2 0.07% Denton Lancashire           1 0.04%
Tottington H End Lancashire             2 0.07% Great Crosby Lancashire           1 0.04%
Whalley Lancashire             2 0.07% Layton With Warbreck Lancashire           1 0.04%
Wheelton Lancashire             2 0.07% Lytham Lancashire           1 0.04%
Withnell Lancashire             2 0.07% Over Darwen Lancashire           1 0.04%
St Martin Ludgate Middlesex             2 0.07% Prestwich Cum Oldham Lancashire           1 0.04%
Not Stated Northumberland             2 0.07% Simonswood Lancashire           1 0.04%
Nottingham Nottinghamshire             2 0.07% Whalley Lancashire           1 0.04%
Hitcham Suffolk             2 0.07% Fulham Middlesex           1 0.04%
Holborn St Andrew Middlesex           1 0.04%
St Andrew Undershaft Middlesex           1 0.04%
St George Hanover Square Middlesex           1 0.04%
St Mary Abchurch Middlesex           1 0.04%
St Sepulchre Middlesex           1 0.04%
Whitefriars Middlesex           1 0.04%
Nottingham St Mary Nottinghamshire           1 0.04%
Walsall Borough Staffordshire           1 0.04%
Ipswich St Matthew Suffolk           1 0.04%
Nowton Suffolk           1 0.04%
Rushbrooke Suffolk           1 0.04%
Wetherden Suffolk           1 0.04%
Kendal Westmorland           1 0.04%
Easby Yorkshire           1 0.04%
Hemsworth Yorkshire           1 0.04%
Kildwick Yorkshire           1 0.04%
Stansfield Yorkshire           1 0.04%
Wakefield Yorkshire           1 0.04%
Total       2,770 100.00%