HODGKINSON FAMILIES OF LANCASHIRE
In the LDS 1881 census index, there are 7627 individuals in Britain with the name Hodgkinson or variant, 2235 of these being resident in Lancashire. If the exact spelling of the surname is used, then there were 1125 individuals with the name in the county on the day of the census.
Analysis of data from the Registrar General conducted by Wilf Hodgkinson shows the distribution of Hodgkinsons within registration districts of Lancashire 1837-1871 to be the following:
| Fylde | 7.5% |
| Preston | 25% |
| Chorley | 11% |
| Bolton/Wigan/Leigh | 20% |
| Manchester | 19% |
| Elsewhere* | 19.5% |
* Representative of migration to town like Liverpool and Blackburn.
In terms of the distribution of Hodgkinsons throughout England and Wales in the same period:
| London | 4.8% |
| South East | 0.9% |
| South Midlands | 1.5% |
| East | 0.5% |
| South West | 0.2% |
| West Midlands | 14.3% |
| North Midlands | 27.5% |
| North West | 38.9% |
| Yorkshire | 9.9% |
| North | 0.5% |
| Wales | 1.1% |
ANN ELIZABETH HODGKINSON 1807-1888
First female convert to the LDS Church in England.
The crest and arms of the Preston family with a family tree 1458-1664.
DESCENDANTS IF JOHN HODGKINSON (b. c. 1615) OF PRESTON
This site gives descendants of John Hodgkinson, whose grandson Thomas (b. 1679) went to the USA in 1699.
RICHARD HODGKINSON - STEWARD OF THE ATHERTON ESTATES
Brief biography of Richard Hodgkinson and his father Joseph