Humphreys/Humphries
In the 1870s the representatives of J.K. [Humphries] of Cavancor, Strabane owned over 13,000 acres in County Donegal. Benjamin Humfrey of the same address was the proprietor of almost 600 acres in King's County and over 250 acres in County Louth.
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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| Cavanacor | Cavanacor | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C313002
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Guystown (Raphoe) | Guystown | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C298003
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
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| Broomfield (Raphoe North) | Mulnagung | Clonleigh | Strabane | Clonleigh North | Raphoe North | Donegal |
OSI Ref: C308023
OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Wilson & Simms solicitors collection: title-deeds, leases, wills, settlements, etc., 1651-1898, relating to the Humfrey family of Cavanacor, Co. Donegal and related families of Keys, Jones and Allen. The contents relate to property in Cos Donegal, Wicklow, Carlow, Dublin, Louth, Fermanagh, Tyrone, King's County, Queen's County, the towns of Strabane and Carlow, the cities of Londonderry and Dublin and also to properties in England in the City of Chester and Cos Shropshire and Flintshire. D3608. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Strabane Union, p.69 (Cavanacor), p.70 (Guystown), p.74 (Mulnagung)
- 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.226.