Verner
Henry Verner’s father settled in county Armagh in the 17th century. His grandson, Thomas Verner of Church Hill, Verner’s Bridge, Moy, on the border of counties Armagh and Tyrone, married an heiress Margaret Kerr from the parish of Kilrue, county Meath. They had no children and Thomas Verner’s grand-nephew, William Verner, inherited his estates in 1788 and was created a baronet in 1846. Sir William Verner of Church Hill was a Member of Parliament for county Armagh and served in the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation he held an estate in county Monaghan, mainly located in the parishes of Aghnamullen, barony of Cremorne and Errigal Trough in the barony of Trough. He died in 1870. His son, Sir William Verner, 2nd Baronet, owned 2,526 acres in county Monaghan, 5,436 acres in county Armagh, 16,042 acres in county Tyrone and 140 acres in county Wicklow. http://www.craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/rev/kerrchurchill.php
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fairview | Corraskea | Aghnamullen | Cootehill | Anny | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H683215
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 28B |
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Archival sources
- Verner Estate Papers, legal papers, accounts, letters, rentals, maps etc relating to the estates in Cos Armagh, Tyrone and Monaghan of the Verner family, 1705-1864. D236; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Estate of Harry Verner, Cos Tyrone and Monaghan, abstract of title and conditions of sale, 1900. D291/29; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Verner Wingfield Papers, mainly relates to the Verner estates in Cos Armagh and Tyrone, 1641-1907. D2538; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Copy out-letter book of James Crossle and his son, James Crossle Jnr, as agent for the Verner Estate in Cos Armagh, Tyrone and Monaghan, March-Dec 1882. D236/488/3; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cootehill Union, 6
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: I, 88
- 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] : 458
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Verner Papers, PRONI, Special List No 70.