ARTREA CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry and Tyrone |
| Barony: |
Loughinsholin in County Derry Dungannon Upper in County Tyrone |
| Diocese: | Armagh |
| Poor Law Union: |
Magherafelt in County Derry Cookstown in County Tyrone |
| Probate District: |
Londonderry in County Derry Armagh in County Tyrone |
| Area: |
18,616 acres in County Derry (of which 2,071 acres is Lough Neagh) 2,283 acres in County Tyrone |
| Population in 1831: | 12,390 |
| Topography: | Bounded in the northeast by Lough Neagh this parish is intersected by the Ballinderry River. |
| Towns: | Moneymore (population 1,025 in 1831) |
| Landowners in 1837: | The Drapers’ Company and Salters’ Company |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1829 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 (Derry), 1860 (Tyrone) |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1766 (Religious Census), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms, marriages and burials from 1811. Ballyeglish – Baptisms and burials from 1868. Woods Chapel (15 townlands separated from Artrea) – Baptisms from 1807, marriages and burials from 1808. |
| Presbyterian: | 1st Moneymore – Baptisms from 1827 2nd Moneymore – Baptisms from 1845 (united 1920) |
| Roman Catholic: |
Moneymore – Baptisms 1832-1834, 1838-1843 & from 1854; Marriages 1830-1843 & from 1854 |
| Moravian Chapel: | in Ballymaguigan townland |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1860: | |
| Ballyeglish, Ballymaguigan, Derrygarve and Drumenagh (all in County Derry) | |
| Church of Ireland: | Lisnamarrow (Derry) and Tullyraw (Tyrone) |
| Roman Catholic: | Moneymore (Derry) |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1860 (in descending order): | |
| 1 O’Neill; 2 Devlin; 3= Brown and Ferguson; 5= McVeagh and Mulholland; 7= Lennox, Waterson and Wilson; 10 Donnelly. | |