51
Registros censales
10
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 26
- Hogares
- 4
- Personas
- 25 -3.8%
- Hogares
- 6 +50%
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Grange Beg is a small townland located in County Derry (also known as County Londonderry) in Northern Ireland. The townland is situated in the northern part of the county, characterized by the rolling countryside and agricultural landscape typical of this region of Ulster. Like many Irish townlands, Grange Beg represents a historical land division that once held greater administrative and social significance. The surrounding area is predominantly rural, with scattered farmsteads and stone-built traditional structures that reflect centuries of settlement patterns in the region.
The townland's name, beginning with "Grange," suggests a historical connection to monastic or ecclesiastical lands, as the term "grange" traditionally referred to outlying farms or granaries belonging to monasteries or religious institutions in medieval Ireland. This naming convention is common throughout the Irish countryside and indicates that such lands may have been associated with religious communities during the medieval period. County Derry itself has a complex history marked by plantation period settlement, the influence of various Irish clans, and later English and Scottish colonization during the 17th century.
Grange Beg, like many small townlands in County Derry, would have been shaped by the broader historical forces affecting the region, including land reform, agricultural changes, and demographic shifts over several centuries. The townland remains part of the living landscape of County Derry, though like many rural Irish townlands, it is home to a small population engaged primarily in farming and rural livelihoods. The townland contributes to the cultural and geographical heritage of the wider parish and district, preserving a link to Ireland's historical land divisions and traditional rural settlement patterns that continue to define the character of the Northern Irish countryside.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Coleraine
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
1 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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