CUMBER LOWER CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Tirkeeran |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Londonderry |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 14,466 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 4,584 |
| Topography: | This fertile parish in the valley of the River Faughan lies six miles southeast of the city of Londonderry. This parish was separated from the original parish of Cumber in 1794. |
| Landowners in 1837: | Goldsmiths’ Company, Grocers’ Company and Skinners’ Company. |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1827 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1858 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), (1766 Religious Census – merely a numerical count of Protestants and Roman Catholics by townland), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms from 1804; marriages from 1806 and burials 1825 and from 1855. Now joined with Banagher, Cumber Upper and Learmount. |
| Presbyterian: | Cumber Lower – Baptisms from 1827 and marriages from 1843 (united with Cumber Upper in 1976) |
| Roman Catholic: | Faughanvale – Baptisms from 1863 and marriages from 1863. |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1858: | |
| Church of Ireland: | Killaloo |
| Roman Catholic: | Mullaboy |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1858 (in descending order): | |
| 1 McLoughlin; 2 Miller; 3 McGuinness; 4= Brown, Campbell, Feeny and Kelly; 8= Quigley, Simpson and Thompson. | |