FORMOYLE CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Coleraine |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Coleraine |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 4,271 acres |
| Topography: | Bounded on the west by the mountains of Binevenagh (1,260 feet) this parish lies six miles west of the town of Coleraine. |
| Landowners in 1837: | Clothworkers’ Company |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
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| Tithe: | This parish was created in 1843 by separating 9 townlands from Dunboe Parish (Altibrian, Ballinrees, Ballystrone, Belgarrow, Bratwell, Formoyle, Formullen, Knockmult and Sconce). The relevant tithe entries will be found in the Dunboe book. |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1858 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1796 (Flax Lists) and 1831 Census entries will be found in Dunboe Parish. 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Dunboe for early entries. Formoyle – Baptisms from 1860; marriages from 1844 and burials from 1864. Now joined with Castlerock and Dunboe. |
| Presbyterian: | 2nd Dunboe – Baptisms 1835-1848, 1853, 1858 and from 1864; and marriages from 1835 |
| Roman Catholic: | Coleraine – Baptisms from 1843 |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1858: | |
| No graveyards recorded in 1858 | |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1858 (in descending order): | |
| 1 Cunning; 2= Blair and McClelland; 4= Allen, Bradley, Caldwell and Cameron; 8= Craig and McClement; 10= Caskey, Glynn, Millen and Ross | |