Heygate
Sir Frederick William Heygate was the owner of over 3300 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s as well as over 5000 acres in County Derry. He had married into the McCausland Gage family of Bellarena in that county. At the time of Griffiths Valuation in the 1850s he was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Donaghmore and Urney, barony of Raphoe South, County Donegal.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn Lodge | Cavanaweery | Urney | Strabane | Urney West | Raphoe South | Donegal |
OSI Ref: H268941
OS Sheet: 79 Discovery map: 6 |
Archival sources
- Settlement prior to the marriage of Sir Frederick William Heygate and Mary Ann Gage. 1851. GB 221 WDH/1/19/17; Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives
- McCausland Gage and Heygate papers relating to estates at Bellarena, County Derry and Castlefin, County Donegal. D673. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Miscellaneous papers relating to Gage and Heygate families, 1766-1884. D.1118/5.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strabane Union, p.20.
- 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] : p.217.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.226