275
Registres de recensement
61
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 128
- Foyers
- 30
- Personnes
- 147 +14.8%
- Foyers
- 31 +3.3%
À propos
Ballywatticock is a small townland located in County Down, in the southeastern part of Northern Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of the Down countryside, characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and proximity to the Irish Sea coast. Like many townlands in this region, it forms part of the patchwork of rural settlements that define the County Down landscape, situated between larger towns and villages that serve the local population. The terrain typical of this area includes mixed farming land, hedgerows, and small roads connecting scattered houses and farms.
The townland's name, like many Irish place names, has Gaelic origins and reflects the long history of settlement in this region. County Down has been inhabited for centuries, with evidence of human activity stretching back through medieval times to prehistoric periods. Ballywatticock, as a named townland, would have developed as part of the gradual organization of Irish land into defined administrative units. The broader history of County Down includes significant Viking, Norman, and Anglo-Norman influence, followed by English plantation policies that reshaped settlement patterns and land ownership from the 16th century onward.
As a rural townland, Ballywatticock remains primarily agricultural in character, supporting farming families and maintaining the traditional landscape management practices common to County Down. Small townlands like this one form the foundation of rural community life in Northern Ireland, even as they face ongoing challenges related to agricultural economics and rural depopulation. The townland contributes to the cultural and geographic identity of its surrounding area, representing the kind of modest, locally-rooted settlement that characterizes the Irish countryside beyond the larger urban centers.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Baronnie
Ards Lower
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Anglais
- Ballywatticock
- Paroisse
- Newtownards
- Baronnie
- Ards Lower
- Comté
- Down