Title: Tenants on the Beresford Estate, County Londonderry
Date: 1848
Description: This database is based on a deed, dated 19 July 1848, in the Registry of Deeds and concerns the estate of Henry de La Poer Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford, in the manors of Coleraine, Freemore and Lizard in County Londonderry. Comparatively few records relating to the management of this estate are available in public archives, making this deed all the more valuable. The deed includes a schedule listing the names of tenants by manor and denomination of land, and also giving the tenure, yearly rent and rent charge. All details with the exception of the yearly rent and rent charge have been included in this database.
Source: Registry of Deeds, 1848, vol. 18, no. 137
The memorial of the deed can be viewed on the FamilySearch website (note: you need to have a FamilySearch account and be logged in to access this deed through this link).
Compiled by Kathryn McKelvey and William Roulston