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Estate Records

Landed estate papers are an invaluable source for family and local historians - read more. The first two tables below contains links to material relating to North and Mid Antrim and Co. Londonderry as a whole. This is then followed by examples of some estates in North Antrim and South Derry.

LANDED ESTATES IN NORTH AND MID ANTRIM

Landlord of each Townland in North and Mid Antrim c.1860 [Sorted by Townland] - read more. Excel PDF
Map showing the distribution of some of the estates in North Antrim [originally held entirely by the Earl of Antrim] 1860 Map
Landed Estate Records extant for North and Mid Antrim - read more. [Content to follow.] Excel PDF

LANDED ESTATES IN CO. LONDONDERRY

Landlord of each Townland in Co. Londonderry, c.1859 and 1600s [Sorted by Townland] - read more. Excel PDF
London Companies' Estates, Church Lands & Native Freeholds in Co. Londonderry [Notes on London Companies] 1613 Map
Landed Estate Records extant for Co. Londonderry - read more. Excel PDF
Estates in Co. Londonderry sold by the Encumbered Estates & Landed Estates Courts, 1850-1874 - read more. Excel PDF

LANDED ESTATES IN THE OTHER COUNTIES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

For the rest province the following two PRONI links could be useful - Townlands by Estate Ownership and - Introductions to significant privately deposited archives.

EARL OF ANTRIM ESTATE PAPERS

Summary of the Earl of Antrim Estate Papers - PRONI, PDF file.
Introduction to the Earl of Antrim Estate Papers - PRONI, PDF file.

1734 Map of the Town of Ballymoney with a list of tenants by street - by surname.

AGNEW, HUTCHINSON & MONTGOMERY ESTATES IN NORTH ANTRIM - Before clicking on the links below you should read this,

Agnew Estate: maps of some of the townlands on the estate with names of tenants, 1788 [PRONI: T2309/1].

Kilraghts Drumaqueran Islandmore

Hutchinson Estate: maps of townlands with names of tenants, 1805 [PRONI: D408/1].

Killyramer & Dungorbery Calheme Dunaghy Greenshields .
Stranocum & Gladhill Livery Lower Ballyrobin Roseyards Kirkhills

Montgomery Estate: maps of some of the townlands with names of tenants, 1788 [PRONI: T1638,21/1].

Ballylough Carnageeragh Drumbest Kilmoyangey Legacurry

There is also a Rent Roll of the Estates of Hugh Montgomery 1810-1815 [PRONI: T1638/31/2].

BELLAGHY ESTATE IN SOUTH DERRY - read more.

Rentals in the Townland of Halfgayne on the Bellaghy Estate
Perpetuity Leases in the Townland of Ballynacross on the Bellaghy Estate
Correspondence relating to the Bellaghy Estate
Land Purchase Commission Sale relating to the Bellaghy Estate, 1929 [PDF]
See also: Judicial Rents & Land Purchase in the townland of Gorteade on the Mercers' Estate [PDF]
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c.1860 to c.1930 Griffith's Revision Books
c.1860 Griffith's [Tenement] Valuation
1830s Townland Valuation
1820s/30s Tithe Applotment Books
1831 Census Returns Co. L/Derry
Church Censuses
1803 Agricultural Census, N. Antrim
Eighteenth Century
Seventeenth Century
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