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"LEARMOUNT, a parish in the barony of Tirkeeran, county Londonderry, province of Ulster, Ireland. Derry is its post town. It is 7 miles long by 3 broad. The surface is very mountainous, the principal summit being Sawel in the S., which attains an altitude of 2,236 feet. The road from Dungiven to Strabane crosses the parish, and the river Faughan intersects it, upon which stands the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Derry, value £85, in the patronage of the bishop and the Skinners' Company of London. The church was built in 1831, chiefly by means of a gift from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Lower Cumber. There are a Sunday-school and three day schools. Learmount House is the seat of J. B. Beresford, Esq."    Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

See the parish page on logainm.ie (The Placenames Database of Ireland)

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Land & Property

The entry for Learmount from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

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