In 1816 the landlord of Coleraine, The Honourable the Irish Society, commissioned a manuscript detailing the individual properties inside the boundaries of the old walled town and associated agricultural holdings.
The outstanding feature of this book was the beautiful coloured illustrations of the houses lining the principal streets. The author has rephotographed the original material, indexed the entries and set them in their historical context by reference to publicly available records and the current appearance of the town centre.