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![Show Contents]() Oriol History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England
The Oriol surname is thought to be a habitational name, derived a place named Orell in Lancashire. The place name is thought to derive from the Old English "ora," meaning "ore," most likely iron ore, and "hyll," meaning "a hill." 1 Early Origins of the Oriol familyThe surname Oriol was first found in Lancashire at either Orrell, with Ford or Orrell, townships that date back to the Domesday Book of 1086. 2 "Matthew de L'Oriel, or L'Oriol, and Robert L,'Orle, occur in the Norman Exchequer Rolls 1180-95. In England I find an old Lancashire family named Orrell, though Baines seems to assign to them a Saxon origin. 'Richard de Horul held half a carucate in thanage and a render of 10s - together with the service of finding one judger of old. As these possessions were drengages, it would seem that the Horuls were descended from the thanes of the Domesday Survey, and they were ancestors of the Orrells of Turton, who had also property in the adjoining township of Dalton in the time of Henry VIII. Orrell Hall is now a large farmhouse." 2 One of the family built Turton Tower. 'The expense, it is said, was so exorbitant as to cripple the Orrells, and they were never able to recover from its effects. After many struggles, they first mortgaged the township, and subsequently sold it to the celebrated Humphrey Chetham. Several of the Orrells still reside in Turton and the neighbourhood.'-Illustrated Itinerary of Lancashire. The township of Orrell retains their name. I cannot find that it belongs to any place in Normandy; but there is a town called Loriol on the Rhone. Oriel, the ancient name of the Irish county of Lowth, which gives the title of Baron to Viscount Massareene, is merely the Anglicized form of the Celtic Orgial or Argial. Camden speaks of 'the famous family of the Orells' of Turton-Tower. A Robert Oriol witnesses the foundation charter of Northampton Priory." 3 Turton Tower survives today as a manor house in Chapeltown in North Turton, Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire. Early History of the Oriol familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Oriol research. Another 137 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1480 and 1765 are included under the topic Early Oriol History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Oriol Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Orrell, Orrel, Orell and others. Early Notables of the Oriol familyMore information is included under the topic Early Oriol Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Oriol RankingIn France, the name Oriol is the 3,326th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 4
 Oriol migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Oriol Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Jose Oriol, aged 16, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1832 5
- Jaime Oriol, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1858 5
| Contemporary Notables of the name Oriol (post 1700) | + |
- Oriol Solé, Uruguayan diplomat and writer
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Cleveland, Dutchess of The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1889. Print. Volume 2 of 3
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Oriol migration to the United States 
