Minchin (Woodville)
Edward Minchin of Glenahilty, county Tipperary, was the sixth son of Charles Minchin. His third son Charles of Woodville and Ballygibbon married Elizabeth Massy of Stoneville, county Limerick, in 1740 and from this couple descend the Minchins of Woodville, who also had a property at Castle Kelly, county Kilkenny. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Humphrey Minchin held the townland of Woodville. The house and demesne of Woodville, the estate of the Reverend Henry Charles Minchin was advertised for sale in January 1869.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville | Woodville | Ballymackey | Nenagh | Ballygibbon 108 | Upper Ormond | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: R967 821
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 59 |
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Archival sources
- Papers relating to dealings of the Landed Estates Court with the estates of Rev. C. H. Minchin, with rental of Castle Kelly and pedigree of descendants of Charles Minchin of Ballinakill, Co. Tipperary, from 1790. M.5681 (1-9) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Minchin, 26 Jan 1869, Vol 92 (15), MRGS 39/045, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Upper Ormond, 27 (Woodville)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 392 (Rev James Poe)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 144 (Woodville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 159 (Bunbury)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.I, Parish of Ballymackey, p.260-1.
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 824-843
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Minchin Papers (from 1681), the property of Lt. Col. R. G. Minchin, Moneygall, Co. Tipperary, now in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Darby, Kinaban, Lovett and Minchin families and to lands in Co. Tipperary. Report No 369