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1820s/30s
Tithe Applotment Books
In Ireland, because the tithe system was used for
the upkeep of the Established Church only, it caused
a great deal of unrest among Roman Catholics and Presbyterians.
Until 1823, the tithe was paid in kind by the occupier
of the land. The replacement of payment in kind by
payment in cash resulted from a series of Tithe Composition
Acts between 1823 and 1838. Valuations of the land
had to be made by local surveyors and assessors and
the results, arranged by civil parish and townland,
were collected in volumes known as the Tithe Applotment
Books - read
more.
Remember
that the Tithe Applotment lists only the landholders
(usually the leaseholders) in a townland. Whilst,
probably the majority of people listed lived in the
townland, some did not. As many of you probably know
there is a database of of the names in this source
available from IrishWorld that covers the six counties
of Northern Ireland. Ballymoney
Ancestry includes some parishes for the Ballymoney
area on its site. I have databased the names for the
parishes of Ballymoney and Kilraghts. Note that [where
it is given] I have included the acreage of each holding.
I hope to add further parishes to this database as
soon as I can.
If
you have not already done so you should read the paper
on Databases
before searching the databases.
| 1820s/1830s
Tithe Applotment for the Parishes of Ballymoney
and Kilraghts in North Antrim |
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