Laurelvale
{{short description|Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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|static_image_caption=Mullavilly parish church
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|belfast_distance_mi= 25.5
|population = 1,288
|population_ref = (2011 census)
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|unitary_northern_ireland= Armagh
|country= Northern Ireland
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|post_town= CRAIGAVON
|postcode_area= BT
|postcode_district= BT62
|dial_code= 028, +44 28
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Laurelvale is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside the smaller village of Mullavilly and the two are sometimes referred to as Laurelvale-Mullavilly[http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roads-service-to-deliver-new-traffic-calming-measures-for-laurelvale-1-1648981 "Roads Service to deliver new traffic calming measures for Laurelvale"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232128/http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roads-service-to-deliver-new-traffic-calming-measures-for-laurelvale-1-1648981 |date=30 December 2013 }}. Portadown Times, 21 December 2007.[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/information/foi/recent-releases/publications-details.htm?docid=461 Armagh Area Plan 2004 Adoption Statement 1995] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002121/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/information/foi/recent-releases/publications-details.htm?docid=461 |date=31 December 2013 }}. Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland). or Mullavilly-Laurelvale.[http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roundabout-on-way-at-laurelvale-accident-hot-spot-1-1653077 "Roundabout on way at Laurelvale accident hot-spot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234744/http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roundabout-on-way-at-laurelvale-accident-hot-spot-1-1653077 |date=30 December 2013 }}. Portadown Times, 2 December 2008.[http://mullavilly.armagh.anglican.org/Mullavilly%20News%20-%20Sept%202010.pdf Mullavilly News, September 2010 issue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235512/http://mullavilly.armagh.anglican.org/Mullavilly%20News%20-%20Sept%202010.pdf |date=2013-12-30 }}. The village is three miles south of Portadown and 1.5 miles northwest of Tandragee.{{Cite web |url=http://www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm |title=Free Map Tools |access-date=5 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108144055/http://www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm |archive-date=8 January 2015 |url-status=dead }} It had a population of 1,288 people in the 2011 census.
Name
Laurelvale is within the townland of Tamnaghvelton (formerly Tawnavaltiny, {{Irish derived place name|Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine|Bealtaine field}}).{{Cite web |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=18011 |title=Placenames NI: Tamnaghvelton |access-date=29 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234627/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=18011 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=live }} Laurelvale was taken from the name of a mansion that was built in the 19th century. Mullavilly was named after the townland in which it lies. The name comes {{Irish derived place name|Mullach a' Bhile|hilltop of the sacred tree}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11600 |title=Placenames NI: Mullavilly |access-date=29 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074015/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11600 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/56744.aspx |title=Placenames Database of Ireland: Mullavilly |access-date=28 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125954/http://www.logainm.ie/56744.aspx |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=live }}
History
Laurelvale was founded in the 1850s by Thomas Sinton JP (1826–1887) to house the workers in his linen mill of Thomas Sinton & Co. Ltd, which was in the village. At its height, Sintons' Mill had over 1000 workers. The mill has since been demolished. The company remained in family ownership until 1945 when it was taken over by the Ministry of Defence and operated by Hoffmans (who made ball bearings for gun turrets). The Sinton family also ran mills and bleach-works in Tandragee, Killyleagh, Tullylish and at Ravarnet outside Hillsborough, County Down.
File:The Schedule of rental of the estates of JOHN Earl of SANDWICH and PETER DE SALIS, in the Manor of Clare in County of Armagh, 1802.jpg and PETER DE SALIS, in the Manor of Clare in County of Armagh, 1802.]]
Thomas Sinton also built a large house in the village, Laurelvale House, which, following the Second World War, was the home of Michael Torrens-Spence, Lord Lieutenant of County Armagh. Laurelvale House has since been demolished to make way for housing development.
Schools
Churches
Sport
Laurelvale F.C. has a ground in the Laurel Park area of the village. The football club currently play in the Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate B Division.
Laurelvale Cricket Club has a clubhouse on Mullavilly Road and are currently competing in the NCU League Section 2, having just missed out on promotion in the 2015 season by way of Net Run Rate. Lee Edgar had a club record breaking season with 63 wickets winning the club's and league's Player of the Year.
Demography
=2011 census=
In the 2011 census Laurelvale-Mulavilly had a population of 1,288 people.{{cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Laurelvale / Mullavilly Settlement |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Laurelvale%20/%20Mullavilly@Partial%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Partial%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Laurelvale%20/%20Mullavilly@23? |website=NISRA |access-date=18 February 2022}} Of these:
- 99.46% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
- 7.53% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 86.96% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
- 78.49% indicated that they had a British national identity, 5.75% had an Irish national identity and 23.68% had a Northern Irish national identity*.
=2001 census=
Mullavilly-Laurelvale is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,258 people living in Mullavilly-Laurelvale.
References
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Further reading
- Mullavilly - Portrait of an Ulster Parish, by Brett Hannam, Lulu, 2010.