Battersby (Lough Bawn)
The Battersby family were settled in county Meath at the beginning of the 18th century. George Battersby QC held the 331-acre townland of Carrick, parish of St Mary’s, county Westmeath in fee at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). He is recorded in 1878 as having estates in counties Westmeath (331 acres), Meath (576 acres) and Wexford (439 acres) while [his nephew] Edward Battersby of Fairview, Rochfortbridge, owned 509 acres. [Burkes states that Edward lived at Larkfield, County Westmeath]. George died in 1880 and was succeeded by his second son, John Radcliffe Battersby of Loughbawn. His younger brother, Reverend William Battersby held land in the parish of Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, in the 1850s. Mary Maud Caulfield of Benown married Reverend William Battersby as her second husband. Under 200 acres in the baronies of Ballintober South and Athlone held on a fee farm grant from the Earl of Essex to Charles John Battersby of Cromlyn, Rathowen, county Westmeath, brother of George and Reverend William were advertised for sale in May 1863.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Englishtown (Ballygalda House) | Ballygalda or Trust | Roscommon | Roscommon | Roscommon Rural 90 | Ballintober South | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M861 612
OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 40 |
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| Rockfield/Cromlyn | Crumlin or Rockfield | Rathaspick | Mullingar | Glenlough | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N296658
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 41 |
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| Whitewell House | Whitewell | Kilbride | Mullingar | Carrick 98 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N447437
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Ballard | Ballard | Ardnurcher or Horseleap | Tullamore | Lauree 105 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N296340
OS Sheet: 37 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Lough Bawn | Carrick | St Marys | Castletowndelvin | Fore East 35 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N549707
OS Sheet: 4 Discovery map: 42 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Battersby, 8 May 1863, Vol 68, MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Roscommon Union, 123
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 83
- 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] : 25-26
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 142 (Whitewell); Castletowndelvin Union, 74 (Carrick)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 20 (Ballard)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 364
Modern printed sources
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 62-63
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: I, 542-547
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 27-28
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 21, 61, 142