TAMLAGHT 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: | 2,506 acres in County Derry 2,447 acres in County Tyrone |
| Population in 1831: | 2,854 |
| Topography: | A fertile parish, in the valley of the Ballinderry River, situated between the Sperrin Mountains and Lough Neagh. This parish was created in 1783 by separating six townlands form Ballyclog Parish, County Tyrone and six townlands form Ballinderry Parish, County Derry. |
| Villages: | Coagh (population of 393 in 1831) |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1827 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 (Derry), 1860 (Tyrone) |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Baptisms from 1801 (gap 1808-1820); marriages from 1829 and burials from 1834. Now joined with Ballinderry and Arboe. |
| Presbyterian: | Coagh – Baptisms from 1839. United with Ballygoney in 1931. |
| Roman Catholic: | Arboe – Baptisms and marriages from 1837 Coagh – Baptisms and marriages from 1865 |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1860: | |
| Church of Ireland: | Tamlaght (Derry) |
| Presbyterian: | Coagh (Tyrone) |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1860 (in descending order): | |
| 1= Cooke and Shaw; 3= Ferguson and Hamilton; 5 Nesbitt; 6 Costelloe; 7= Cowan, Devlin and Jordan; 10 Doherty | |