DERRYLORAN 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: | 2,444 acres in County Derry 9,556 acres in County Tyrone |
| Population in 1831: | 8,406 |
| Topography: | A fertile parish, in the valley of the Ballinderry River, situated between the Sperrin Mountains and Lough Neagh. |
| Towns: | Cookstown (population of 2,883 in 1831) |
| Landowners in 1837: | Drapers’ Company were the chief landlords |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1826 |
| 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 and marriages from 1797 and burials from 1795. |
| Presbyterian: | 1st Cookstown – Baptisms from 1836 2nd and 3rd Cookstown (united in 1929 and now known as Molesworth Street) Sandholes – Baptisms from 1844 |
| Roman Catholic: | Cookstown – Baptisms and marriages from 1827 |
| Methodist: | Cookstown |
| Baptist: | Cookstown |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1860: | |
| Glebe and Tullagh (Tyrone) | |
| Roman Catholic: | Gortalowry (Tyrone) |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1860 (in descending order): | |
| 1 Mullen; 2 Quinn; 3 Bell; 4 Miller; 5= Devlin and Glasgow; 7 Johnson; 8= Allen and Hamilton; 10 Henry | |