Moyesset
Moyesset (locally [ˌmɔiˈɛsït][1]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the centre of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Calmore, Clooney, Gortamney, Killytoney, and Tobermore. It was apportioned to the Drapers company and Crown freeholds.[3]
The townland is currently part of Tobermore electoral ward of Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.[3]
History
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Size (acres, roods, poles)
Year |
a, r, p |
1851 |
159, 3, 29 [6] |
1881 |
160, 1, 10 [5] |
1926 |
160, 1, 39 [4] |
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Earlier recorded forms[7]
Year |
Form |
1609 |
Moyasaden (O.S.) [3] |
1613 |
Moyaserdan (Charter) [3] |
1613 |
Moyesset |
1613 |
Moysaden |
1622 |
Moyessett |
1654 |
Moysett |
1657 |
Moyasaden, the small proportion of |
1657 |
Moyasserden |
1767 |
Mayesset |
1813 |
Moyasset (S.M.) [3] |
(O.S.) - Ordnance Survey map (1609) (Charter) - Charter of Londonderry (1613) (S.M.) - Sampson's Map |
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 130-1. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
- ↑ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
- ↑ HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241
- ↑ Place Names NI - Moyesset
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