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Ballymartin Civil Parish, Co. Antrim , Ireland.

from: Lewis Topographical Dictionary,1837

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Ballymartin Civil Parish County Antrim, Ireland

BALLYMARTIN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER BELFAST, county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER, 8 miles (N.N.W .) from Belfast; containing 721 inhabitants.

This parish is situated on the Six-mile river, by which it is bounded on the north, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 24211/4 statute acres, including a detached portion of 560 acres: the soil is fertile, and the system of agriculture is improving.

It is a rectory, in the diocese of Connor, and is part of the union of Carmoney: the tithes amount to £150. There is neither church nor any place of worship in the parish; the inhabitants are chiefly Presbyterians, and attend the places of worship of that denomination in the neighbourhood.

There is a school of 25 boys and 15 girls. The ruins of the ancient church still remain, and the churchyard is used as a burial-ground by most of the inhabitants.

 

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