Moyesset

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| name = Moyesset

| type = townland

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| translit_lang1 = Irish

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| translit_lang1_info1 = "Plain of weasels"

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| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = United Kingdom

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Northern Ireland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = County Londonderry

| subdivision_type3 = Barony

| subdivision_name3 = Loughinsholin

| subdivision_type4 = Civil parish

| subdivision_name4 = Kilcronaghan

| leader_title = Council

| leader_name = Mid Ulster District

| leader_title1 = Ward

| leader_name1 = Tobermore

| established_title = Plantation grant

| established_date = Drapers Company and Crown freeholds

| established_title1 = First recorded

| established_date1 = 1609

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| p1 = Tobermore

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| area_total_ha = 64.45

| area_total_acre = 159.25

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Moyesset ({{IPA|en|ˌmɔiˈɛsït|label=locally|generic=yes}}) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the centre of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Calmore, Clooney, Gortamney, Killytoney, and Tobermore. It was apportioned to the Drapers company and Crown freeholds.

The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District. It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.

History

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! style="width:75px;"|Pop.

1841

| 87

1851

| 86

1861

| 91

1871

| 74

1881

| 68

1891

| 58

1901

| 55

1911

| 43

1926

| 45

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|+ Size (acres, roods, poles)

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1851

| 159, 3, 29

1881

| 160, 1, 10

1901

| 160, 1, 10

1926

| 160, 1, 39

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|+ Earlier recorded forms

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1609

| Moyasaden (O.S.)

1613

| Moyaserdan (Charter)

1613

| Moyesset

1613

| Moysaden

1622

| Moyessett

1654

| Moysett

1657

| Moyasaden, the small proportion of

1657

| Moyasserden

1767

| Mayesset

1813

| Moyasset (S.M.)

colspan="2" align="center" | (O.S.) - Ordnance Survey map (1609)
(Charter) - Charter of Londonderry (1613)
(S.M.) - Sampson's Map

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See also

References

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[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=20&mno=239&pageseq=53 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27]

[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=396&pageseq=15 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241]

[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=434&pageseq=696 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698]

[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=3827 Place Names NI - Moyesset]

Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry

{{Cite web |url=http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |accessdate=27 January 2012 |author=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |title=NIEA Map Viewer |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125249/http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |archivedate=24 November 2011 }}

Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 130-1. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}

[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=ballymacilcurr&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&treestate=expandnew&titlepos=0&mno=450&tocstate=expandnew&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=367 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35]

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Category:Townlands of County Londonderry

Category:Civil parish of Kilcronaghan