Sources for the Study of Family and Local History in Ballymoney

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
Location of Ballymoney
Counties & Baronies of  Ulster
Baronies & Parishes of  North Antrim
Poor Law Unions & Electoral Divisions
Townlands of  North Antrim
BALLYMONEY TOWN
Maps
Photographs
Street Directories 1905-1952
1901 Census Enumerators' Returns
Griffith's Revisions from 1864 to c.1900
1859 Griffith's Printed Valuation
1833 Townland Valuation
Street Directories 1824-1864
1814 Map of Town
1804-1810 Miller's List of Inhabitants
 

Griffith's Printed Valuation (1859) for Ballymoney Town

A valuation of all houses and land in Ireland was carried out in the 1850s. This valuation is generally known as the Griffith's Valuation. The results of this valuation were published in printed form around 1859 and the books were arranged by Poor Law Union. For more information on the Griffith's Valuation go to PRONI.

Below are links to page 105 to 119 in the Griffith's Printed Valuation for the Poor Law Union of Ballymoney. These pages cover all of the streets in the town of Ballymoney in 1859. Note that the entries for Ballymoney town are arranged under the townlands of Glebe and Townparks. These two townlands also include entries relating to the immediate rural area outside the town. Many of the people holding land in Townparks were residents of the town.

The table below indicates which street or townland appears on each page. Click on the appropriate page number to see the persons listed on that page. Below the table you will find links to the maps which will help you to locate the people listed in the pages. Note that I have not been able to produce an alphabetical list of occupiers of land and houses as I have done for the surrounding countryside.

Page No.

Streets covered in this page

105 part of Glebe which includes part of Church Street.
106 part of Glebe & part of Townparks.
107 part of Townparks.
108 part of Townparks & part of High Street.
109 part of High Street, Linenhall street & part of Market Street.
110 part of Market Street, Cameron Place, Pork Row & part of Charles Street.
111 part of Charles Street & part of Townhead Street.
112 part of Townhead Street & part of Church Street.
113 part of Church Street & part of Main Street.
114 part of Main Street & part of Meeting House Lane.
115 part of Meeting House Lane & part of Rodden Foot.
116 part of Rodden Foot & part of Castle Street.
117 part of Castle Street.
118 part of Charlotte Street.
119 part of Charlotte Street plus buildings which were exempt from tax.

Below are links to the Valuation Map for Ballymoney for 1880 (in two parts) which will allow you to locate the persons listed in the pages of the Griffith's Printed Valuation of 1859. Unfortunately the quality of the 1859 map which matches the 1859 Valuation is so poor that I have had to use a later, legible, map which dates from 1880. Fortunately, there are only a few differences between the 1859 and the 1880 maps - read this.

Area of map covering northern part of the town from the Diamond to Townhead Street, etc.

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Area of map covering southern part of the town from the Diamond to Castle Street, etc.

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Note that you can see a more detailed map of Church Street here.

Griffith's Valuation of 1859 was revised periodically from around 1864 until about 1930, when a complete general revaluation of all of Northern Ireland was carried out.  To provide information on the changes in each street for this period would be a mammoth task. I have done it for Church Street, only. Click on 'Griffith's Revisions from 1864 to c.1900' in the left hand menu to see these changes.

BALLYMONEY RURAL AREAS
Maps
Photographs
1905 & 1952  Directories
1901 Census Enumerators' Returns
Griffith's Revisions from 1864 to c.1900
1859 Griffith's Printed Valuation
1833 Townland Valuation
1825 Tithe Applotment
1803 Agricultural Census
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
Estate Records
General Social and Economic Sources
School Records
Church Records and Gravestone Inscriptions
Civil Records
 
 
 
Copyright 2006 W.Macafee.