Turpin
John Turpin was Headmaster of Middleton School, county Cork, in the 1820s. By deed dated 20 December 1839 [Registry of Deeds] he purchased the Young Grove estate in the parish of Dungourney from Cosen Foulke and lived there following his retirement from the school. In April 1870 Sarah Jane Turpin, widow of John Turpin, deceased, advertised the sale of 325 acres. In the 1870s the Reverend Sydney Turpin of Young Grove owned 919 acres in the county. In 1938 Mrs. Geraldine Foley-Turpin, Youngrove, Midleton, was still waiting to be paid for tenanted land bought from her by the Irish Land Commission. see http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0070/D.0070.193803090026.html
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Grove | Young Grove | Dungourney | Middleton | Ballyspillane 273 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W910 772
OS Sheet: 65 Discovery map: 81 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Turpin, 26 Apr 1870, Vol 96 (38), MRGS 39/046, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 136
- 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] : 453
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 177 (Young Grove)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 582 (Young Grove - C. Foulke)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 243