Tarbock
TARBOCK, a township, in the parish of Huyton, union of Prescot, hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from Huyton, and 8 (E. by S.) from Liverpool; containing 740 inhabitants. Henry de Tarbock or Torbock, who was early the lord of Tarbock, Roby, Huyton, Knowsley, and other manors, had two sons. The elder of these, Robert, was sometimes distinguished by the Norman patronymic Fitz-Henry, which the English rendered Harrison, and sometimes was denominated from his principal residence, de Lathom; while Richard, the other son, inheriting Tarbock, designated himself from that estate. Henry Tarbock, in the 20th of Henry VII., held the manor as parcel of the manor of Knowsley. Sir Edward Tarbock was knighted at Whitehall by James I. in 1606. Henry Tarbock died l6th Charles I., holding lands in Sutton, but without property in Tarbock: the family is said to have lost the inheritance by gaming, and the lordship is now vested in the Earl of Sefton. The township comprises about 2245 acres, whereof 2200 are arable and pasture, and 25 woodland; the surface is flat, and the soil a strong clay, with some parts sandy. There is a redsandstone quarry; coal is abundant, and many of the inhabitants are employed in the collieries. A brewery, established about eighty years ago, is conducted by Mr. George Fleetwood. The Huyton and Runcorn branch of the great North-Western railway passes through the township.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.