Lancaster
The Lancaster family were settled in the Ballinasloe locality from the late eighteenth century when Thomas Lancaster was recorded as resident at Lancaster, county Roscommon. Property situated in the town of Ballinasloe, barony of Clonmacnowen, owned by James and John Lancaster, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in November 1862. William Lancaster, of Fortwilliam House, Ballinasloe, owned over 600 acres in county Galway in the 1870s as well as over 400 acres in county Roscommon.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fortwilliam | Ardcarn | Creagh | Ballinasloe | Creagh 21 | Moycarn | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M883296
OS Sheet: 53, 54 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Ardcarn (Lancaster) | Ardcarn | Creagh | Ballinasloe | Creagh 21 | Moycarn | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M882300
OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Lancaster House or Lancaster Park | Suckfield | Creagh | Ballinasloe | Creagh 21 | Moycarn | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M877299
OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 47 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Lancaster 4 Nov 1862Vol 66, MRGS 39/033 (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Fortwilliam (Ballinasloe). Photographs & Press Cuttings. 131/012. ; Irish Architectural Archive
Contemporary printed sources
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 258
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 297
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 9.
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I, 432.
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 7 (Annewille) & 260 (Lancaster)
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 82.
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 119 (Fortwilliam)