FAUGHANVALE CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Tirkeeran |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Londonderry and NewtownLimavady |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 20,496 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 6,218 |
| Topography: | Bounded on the north by Lough Foyle this fertile parish lies eight miles southeast of the city of Londonderry. |
| Villages: | Faughanvale and Muff (renamed Eglinton in 1858) |
| Landowners in 1837: | Grocers’ Company and Fishmongers’ Company |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1835 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1858 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1803 (Private Census by Rev Ellis Thackeray), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms, marriages and burials from 1802. |
| Presbyterian: | Faughanvale – Baptisms from 1819 |
| Roman Catholic: | Faughanvale – Baptisms from 1863 and marriages from 1860. |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1858: | |
| Faughanvale | |
| Church of Ireland: | Muff |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1858 (in descending order): | |
| 1= Doherty and McLoughlin; 3 Mullen; 4 Donaghy; 5 Louge; 6= Craig, Duddy, Hara, Kane and McGuinness. | |