DESERTLYN CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Loughinsholin |
| Diocese: | Armagh |
| Poor Law Union: | Magherafelt |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 5,561 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 3,318 |
| Topography: | Situated in a valley of the Ballinderry River this parish is bounded in the west by Slieve Gallion (1,623 feet). |
| Towns: | Part of Moneymore (see Artrea) |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1828 |
| 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: | Baptisms and marriages from 1797 and burials from 1798. Now joined with Ballyeglish. |
| Roman Catholic: | Moneymore – Baptisms 1832-1834, 1838-1843 and from 1854; marriages 1830-1843 and from 1854. |
| Methodist: | Moneymore |
| Baptist: | at townland of Carndaisy in 1859 |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1859: | |
| Ballymully and Lawford Street, Moneymore | |
| Church of Ireland: | Smith Street, Moneymore |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1859 (in descending order): | |
| 1 Stewart; 2 Devlin; 3 Wright; 4 Anderson; 5 Richey; 6= Cousley, Muldoon and Smith; 9= Allen, Brown, Campbell, Crookes, Farley, Maxwell, Rea, Shannon and Wilson | |