BOVEVAGH CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Keenaght |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | NewtownLimavady |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 18,005 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 5,552 |
| Topography: | This fertile parish in the valley of the River Roe lies two miles north of the town of Dungiven. |
| Landowners in 1837: | The land to the east of the River Roe belonged to the Haberdashers’ Company. |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1827 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1766 (Religious Census), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Pre-1870 none. Now joined with Dungiven |
| Presbyterian: | Bovevagh – Baptisms 1818-1839 and from 1843; Marriages 1818-1830, 1834-1838 and from 1843 and burials 1870-1873 (united with Balteagh in 1975). |
| Roman Catholic: | Part Feeny – Baptisms from 1848 and marriages from 1850. Part Limavady – Baptisms begin 1855; Marriages from 1856 and Burials 1859-1869 |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1859: | |
| Bovevagh | |
| Church of Ireland: | Bovevagh |
| Presbyterian: | Camnish |
| Roman Catholic: | Ballymoney |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1859 (in descending order): | |
| 1 McCloskey; 2 Mullen; 3 McLoughlin; 4 Brolly; 5= Carton and Kane; 7 Douglas; 8= Ferguson and McFadden; 10 Moore. | |