Litton
Members of this family were prominent lawyers in 19th century Dublin, where the family had settled in the 17th century. John Litton, fourth son of Edward Litton of Ballyfermot, Dublin, acquired an estate in county Cork by the mid 19th century. Griffith's Valuation records John and James Litton holding land in the parishes of Cloyne, barony of Imokilly and Kilmichael, barony of West Muskerry, respectively. In the 1870s John Litton of Leeson St, Dublin, owned 1,108 acres in county Cork. John Litton died childless and his Cork estate was inherited by his nephew Edward Falconer Litton. John Litton supplied Cloyne with a piped clean water supply in memory of his wife and a fountain was erected to his memory in 1879.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lindsey Cottage | Sculleen | Cloyne | Middleton | Cloyne 265 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W914 685
OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Ardavilling | Sculleen | Cloyne | Middleton | Cloyne 265 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W914 692
OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 81 |
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| Barnabrow | Barnabrow | Cloyne | Middleton | Cloyne 265 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: W939 685
OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- Litton family of Ardavilling: Dublin deeds & papers. AR/add/36 ; Dublin City Archives
- Papers relating to Land Judges' dealings with the estates in Imokilly Barony, Co. Cork, of Edward F. Litton and Ida K. Litton. M. 5642 (1-10) ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Imokilly Barony, 120 (Sculleen)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 128
- 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] : 274
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 244 (Barnabrow)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 341-342
- Ó LOINGSIGH, Pádraig (ed). ''The Book of Cloyne''. [Cloyne Historical and Archaeological Society], 2nd edition, [1994] : 284-285
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 7