Nettles
Originally from Herefordshire, John Nettles settled in county Waterford in the mid 17th century. He was granted land in counties Cork and Waterford by patent dated 1666. The Nettles lived at Toureen and Mahallagh, county Waterford and at Beare Forest and Nettleville, county Cork. They had marriage connections with the Ryves, Evans, Bowerman and Gibbs families. The Nettles county Cork estate was situated in the parishes of Aglish and Cannaway, barony of East Muskerry. In the 1870s Robert Nettles of Nettleville owned 1,684 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Nettleville | Nettleville Demesne | Cannaway | Macroom | Cannaway 210 | East Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W423722
OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: 79 |
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| Bearforest | Bearforest Lower | Mallow | Mallow | Mallow North Urban 251 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W565 975
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Tourin Castle Farm | Norrisland | Lismore & Mocollop | Lismore | Drumroe 63 | Coshmore & Coshbride | Waterford |
OSI Ref: X099975
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- Estate & legal papers of the Nettles family, Co Cork, 1654-1833. D314; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Copy of map of lands belonging to the house of Old Castle (Macroom) Showing the contents of each field by itself in statute measure, by Edward Vaughan, Surveyor. 15 Sept 1768. Also copy of lease of Meadstown by Thomas Roche to William Roche. 20 May 1758; lease by William Roche to John Nettles 5 Mar 1767. 1758-1768. U066; Cork City and County Archives
- Collis & Ward, solicitor's collection, includes original will of John Reeves Nettles of Bearforest, 23 Oct 1766. Small Accs Index 98 T.6270; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Muskerry Barony, 121 (Netterville Demesne)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 130
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 306 (Nettleville - Rev Basil Orpin)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 248 (Nettleville Hall)
- 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] : 336
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 53-54
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 238
- SMITH, Charles, M.D. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof ''. First published 1750. This edition published Cork: John Connor, 1815: I, 198 (Mahallagh - Mr Nettles)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 431
- SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford''. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 34 (Toureen)