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The references on the history of Hoole are said to be '''"meagre and disconnected"''' wheras in fact quite a lot had been written on the place, as can be seen on the rest of this website. It is easy to forget that at the time that the "handbook" was published historical records were only of the "hard copy" variety and not all libraries would contain a full set of relevant books. One principal reference used appears to be George Ormerod. Among his writings was a major county history of Cheshire. Like other county histories of the period, the work consists mainly of family 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. The first edition contains many errors. Ormerod mentions Hoole several times in his work (particularly in Volume II), but the references are somewhat scattered<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?redir_esc=y&id=7kEjAQAAMAAJ&q=hoole#v=snippet&q=hoole&f=false Ormerod on Hoole]</ref>. This is probably the basis for the writers statement that the sources are "meagre and disconnected".

 

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