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Comté de Derry

Localité

Brackfield

115

Registres de recensement

26

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
61
Foyers
13
1911 Recensement
Personnes
54 -11.5%
Foyers
13 0%

À propos

Brackfield is a small townland located in County Derry in Northern Ireland, situated in the north-central part of the county. The townland forms part of the broader landscape of County Derry, which is characterized by rolling agricultural land, river valleys, and moorland terrain typical of the northwest of Ireland. The area is relatively rural, with scattered farmsteads and traditional field patterns interspersed throughout the countryside. Like many townlands in the region, Brackfield's landscape reflects centuries of agricultural activity and settlement, with the land primarily devoted to pastoral farming and traditional land management practices.

The townland system itself, of which Brackfield is a part, has its roots in medieval Ireland and represents one of the most distinctive features of Irish land organization. Townlands are small administrative divisions that have survived in Irish and Northern Irish nomenclature for centuries, predating the modern county system. County Derry was established during the Tudor plantation period in the sixteenth century, and its townlands were formally delineated during this period of English administrative reorganization. Brackfield, like other townlands in the region, would have been subject to various historical pressures, including land ownership changes and the effects of broader Irish historical events.

The significance of Brackfield to the local community lies in its role as part of the agricultural and social fabric of County Derry. As a rural townland, it contributes to the cultural and economic life of the surrounding area through farming and land stewardship. The townland system remains important to local identity and heritage, with many families having deep ancestral connections to specific townlands spanning multiple generations. Brackfield, though small and unassuming, represents the continuity of rural life and community connections that characterize much of County Derry's inland regions.

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Paroisse

Cumber Lower

Comté

Derry

Baronnie

Tirkeeran

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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6 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

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Détails

Anglais
Brackfield
Paroisse
Cumber Lower
Baronnie
Tirkeeran
Comté
Derry