A Memoir: Explanatory of the Chart and Survey of the County of London-Derry, IrelandG. and W. Nicol, 1814 - 359 pages |
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abounds acres aforesaid Aghadowey Aghanloo ancient appears balliboes of land bank Bann Barley barony basalt belonging Benbradagh Bishop of Derry Botanic Names bushels called castle Castle-Dawson chiefly church city of London-Derry clay clover coast Columb compost county of Coleraine county of London-Derry crop Culmore demesne district ditches ditto Donegal Dungiven erected Fahan farmers farms feet fish flat flax Foyle frequently gardens Garvagh glebe granted grass gravel grounds guineas hereditaments improved Ireland Irish kibbed lake late county laying lime limestone London Lough Foyle Lough Neagh Maghera Magherafelt Magilligan manure meadows miles Moneymore mountains Myroe native neighbourhood Newtown Newtown Limavady oats Observations pass pastures plant plantations potatoes proportion proprietors province of Ulster rent ridge river river Bann rocks sand secondary shist shistose shore soil stone strata surface swells tenant tenements town trapp trees turf Tyrone vale varieties vegetable villages wood
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Page 144 - from which it first arose, it afterwards was displaced and torn;—that then, and not till then, organic forms, deprived of life, mixed with the wreck of this tumultuous agitation;—the spoils of the equator and the pole—of the deepest ocean and the highest mountain—mingled and inverted; " when the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered!
Page 49 - reserved to his heirs and successors by the said letters patent. And further, We give, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, We grant and confirm to the aforesaid Society of the Governor and Assistants of London of the New Plantation in Ulster, and their successors, all and singular the premises above by these presents granted, or mentioned to be granted heretofore, with their
Page 196 - nine, besides two half-bulwarks; and for four of them there may be four cannons, or other great pieces; the rest are not all out so large, but these want very little. The rampart within the city is twelve feet thick of earth; all things are very well and substantially done, saving there
Page 50 - appurtenances, so fully, freely, and entirely, and in as ample manner and form as all and singular the same premises, or any part thereof,
Page 14 - is modelled on that of its parent city of London. EXTRACTS FROM THE CHARTER OF LONDON-DERRY. CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King, Defender of the faith, and so forth, to all whom these presents shall come, Greeting: —WHEREAS our most illustrious grand-father, James, late King of England, of blessed memory, by his letters patent under the Great Seal of England, bearing date at Westminster the zgth day of
Page 54 - view of frank-pledge, courts baron, courts hundred, county courts, advowsons, profits, commodities, advantages, emoluments, and hereditaments, and all and singular other the premisses above said by these presents granted or mentioned to be granted, with their whole rights, members, and appurtenances (except before
Page 50 - year of his reign over England, and so forth, and of Scotland the 4,6th; except always, and reserved out of this our grant, all and • singular advowsons, donations, free dispositions, and rights of patronage of all and singular the churches of
Page 45 - and successors, unto the aforesaid Society of the Governor and •$ Assistants of London of the New Plantation of Ulster, and their
Page 50 - to our hands, or to the hands of any of our predecessors or ancestors, Kings or Queens of England and Ireland, or Lords or Ladies, of Ireland, by reason or pretext of any attainder or forfeiture, or by reason or pretence of any dissolution, surrender or reliction, of any late monasteries, abbies, priories, or
Page 31 - Tullealenowtra, Fannilly, Killynesreagh, Tullyallyenyeightra,Carronefarey, Coolrefrie, Dromgortfeighnan, Lisdeolan, Shian, Fardmore, Killamrissneglogh, Lismikirrielbeg, Clonken, Dromnegoy, Disartcowa, Gortin, Drumcorran, Tullyeightra, and Tullyowtra, being all single balliboes of land, and the third part of the balliboe of Gobneskrate, with all and singular their and every of their members and appurtenances, which said premisses last