Raycroft
Charles Raycroft was a Justice of the Peace and a director of the Cork and Macroom Direct Railway Company in the 1880s. He lived at Gurteenroe House and in the mid 1870s owned 617 acres in county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurteenroe Cottage | Gurteenroe | Macroom | Macroom | Macroom 227 | West Muskerry | Cork |
OSI Ref: W331732
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 79 |
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Archival sources
- O'Flynn Exham Solicitors' Collection includes case in Chancery, Welply, Upton House v Raycroft. Draft cause petition, 9 Apr. 1866. IE CCCA/U229/43/23; Cork City and County Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 133
- 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] : 383