BALLYSCULLION CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry and Antrim |
| Barony: |
Loughinsholin in County Derry Upper Toome in County Antrim |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Magherafelt in County Derry Ballymena in County Antrim |
| Probate District: | Londonderry in County Derry Belfast in County Antrim |
| Area: | 11,035 acres in County Derry 2,132 acres in County Antrim (of which 1,203 acres is Lough Beg) |
| Population in 1831: | 6,543 |
| Topography: | This parish of fertile lands and extensive bogs, divided by the River Bann, lies nine miles south of the town of Kilrea. |
| Towns: | Bellaghy Part of town of Castledawson (see Magherafelt) |
| Landowners in 1837: | Vintners’ Company |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1828 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 (Derry), 1862 (Antrim) |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1766 (Religious Census), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms from 1863. |
| Presbyterian: | Bellaghy (from 1836 to 1850 there was a second congregation, known as 2nd Bellaghy) – Baptisms from 1862. |
| Roman Catholic: | Bellaghy – Baptisms and marriages from 1844 |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1862: | |
| Church Island | |
| Church of Ireland: | Church Lane, Bellaghy |
| Roman Catholic: | Tamlaghtduff |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1862 (in descending order): | |
| 1 Scullion; 2= Dimond and O’Neill; 4 McErlane; 5 Kennedy; 6 Cassidy; 7= Davidson and McQuillan; 9 McIntyre; 10 Kelly | |