Dolphinholme in 1841? Which parish?

[keenbutconfused]

Hi - I live in the village of Dolphinholme, which is presently in the parish of Ellel, Lancashire.  I would like to look at the census returns for the area - have ancestry subscription - but can't find the parish of Ellel listed when I try to browse the 1841 census.  Can anyone advise where it might be hiding please???

[Galium]

District 7 in  Cockerham includes Dolphinholme.

[keenbutconfused]

Many thanks for that - I wondered if that might be the case, but wasn't sure where to start to find out.  Isn't it odd - Cockerham is even smaller than Dolphinholme now (and Dolphinholme is small enough!) - but it must have been of much more importance then!

[Galium]

Glad to be of help, KBC.

To find descriptions of enumeration districts on Ancestry,  after you have clicked on a particular census year from the home page, go down to the bottom of the census search form page.  There is a list of counties.
Click on the county you want, and a list of civil parishes comes up.  A bit of trial and error after that will usually get you where you want to be.