BALLINDERRY 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: | 5,907 acres in County Derry (of which 2,939 acres is Lough Neagh) 2,268 acres in County Tyrone |
| Population in 1831: | 3,163 |
| Topography: | This fertile parish, situated in the valley of the Ballinderry River, on the northwest shore of Lough Neagh, lies 7 miles southeast of Moneymore |
| Landowners in 1837: | Salters’ Company |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1834 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms and marriages from 1802 and burials from 1803. Now joined with Tamlaght and Arboe |
| Roman Catholic: |
Ballinderry – Baptisms 1826-1838 & from 1841; Marriages from 1827. |
| Methodist Meeting House: | in Ballinderry townland |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1859: | |
| The Gort alias Eglish (Tyrone) | |
| Methodist: | Ballinderry (Derry) |
| Roman Catholic: | Ballylifford (Derry) |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1859 (in descending order): | |
| 1 McGuigan; 2 Taylor; 3= McKee and Quinn; 5 Mellon; 6 McCusker; 7 Devlin; 8 McCartney; 9= Clarke, Madden and Scullion | |