Moyesset

Townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

54°48′14″N 6°41′46″W / 54.804°N 6.696°W / 54.804; -6.696Sovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryNorthern IrelandCountyCounty LondonderryBaronyLoughinsholinCivil parishKilcronaghanPlantation grantDrapers Company and Crown freeholdsFirst recorded1609SettlementsTobermoreGovernment

• CouncilMid Ulster District • WardTobermoreArea

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• Total159.25 acres (64.45 ha)Irish grid refH8395

Moyesset (locally [ˌmɔiˈɛsït]^[1]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the centre of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Calmore, Clooney, Gortamney, Killytoney, and Tobermore. It was apportioned to the Drapers company and Crown freeholds.^[3]

The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.^[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.^[3]

History

Population
Year	Pop.
1841	87 ^[5]
1851	86 ^[5]
1861	91 ^[5]
1871	74 ^[5]
1881	68 ^[5]
1891	58 ^[6]
1901	55 ^[6]
1911	43 ^[4]
1926	45 ^[4]

Size (acres, roods, poles)
Year	a, r, p
1851	159, 3, 29 ^[7]
1881	160, 1, 10 ^[5]
1901	160, 1, 10 ^[6]
1926	160, 1, 39 ^[4]

Earlier recorded forms^[8]
Year	Form
1609	Moyasaden (O.S.) ^[3]
1613	Moyaserdan (Charter) ^[3]
1613	Moyesset
1613	Moysaden
1622	Moyessett
1654	Moysett
1657	Moyasaden, the small proportion of
1657	Moyasserden
1767	Mayesset
1813	Moyasset (S.M.) ^[3]
_{(O.S.) - Ordnance Survey map (1609) (Charter) - Charter of Londonderry (1613) (S.M.) - Sampson's Map}

References

^ ^a ^b Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 130-1. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
^ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
^ ^a ^b ^c HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35
^ HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241
^ Place Names NI - Moyesset