MAGHERA CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Loughinsholin |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Magherafelt |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 21,755 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 14,091 |
| Topography: | Situated in the valley of the Moyola River this parish is bounded to the north and west by the Sperrin Mountains. |
| Towns: | Maghera (population of 1,154 in 1831) |
| Landowners in 1837: | The Mercers’, Vintners’, Salters’ and Drapers’ Companies and the See of Derry. |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1828 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms from 1785; marriages from 1798 and burials from 1809. Now joined with Killelagh. |
| Presbyterian: | Culnady Curran. United with Castledawson in 1906. Maghera – Baptisms and marriages from 1843 and burials 1861-1865. |
| Roman Catholic: | Part Maghera – Baptisms and marriages from 1841 and burials 1848-1888 Part Lavey – Baptisms 1837-1839 and from 1852; marriages 1837-1839 and from 1852 and burials 1837-1839 and from 1868. |
| Methodist: | Maghera (in Magherafelt Circuit) – Baptisms from 1825 |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1859: | |
| Brewery Lane, Maghera and Main Street, Maghera | |
| Roman Catholic: | Fallagloon |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1859 (in descending order): | |
| 1 Convery; 2= Bradley and O’Neill; 4 Henry; 5 Lagan; 6 Clarke; 7 Wilson; 8 Anderson; 9= Connor and Donnelly. | |