Upton (Castle Upton)
In 1723 the Uptons purchased part of the Blayney estate in the northern part of the parish of Muckno, barony of Cremorne, county Monaghan. The family was resident at Castle Upton near Belfast. Clotworthy Upton was made a Baron in 1776 and his son was created Viscount Templetown in 1806. In the mid-19th century the second Viscount held an estate in the county Monaghan parishes of Muckno, Clontibret and Ballybay. In 1878, this estate amounted to 12,845 acres in county Monaghan and 10,239 acres in county Antrim.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Corratanty | Corratanty | Muckno | Castleblayney | Carrickmacross | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H819223
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 28B |
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Archival sources
- John Upton, Castle Upton [sic.], Co. Antrim to Dr. Upton Peacock, Dublin, Bargain and Sale for a year of circa 37 townlands in Co. Monaghan, 3 June 1739. T1878/77; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- The Blayney/Hope papers comprise c.3,000 documents, 1639-1950, relating to the Blayney estate at Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan (part of which was sold to the Upton family, Lords Templetown, of Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, in 1723 and the rest to the Hope family in 1853), elsewhere in Co. Monaghan, and in Carrickfergus and Cullybackey, Co. Antrim. 1639-1950. D1421; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Templetown Papers relating to estates in Cos Antrim and Monaghan. D585 and D988.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Papers of L’Estrange & Brett, Belfast, solicitors, include deeds relating to the estates of Lord Templetown at Templepatrick, Co Antrim and in Co Monaghan, 1838-1890. D971/7; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Survey and maps (43) of estate of Viscount Templetown in barony of Cremorne, by James and John Frain, with names of tenants, 1805. Ms 22,001; National Library of Ireland
- John Upton and Mary, his wife. Castle Upton [sic.], Co. Antrim, 1st Pt. Arthur Upton, 2nd Pt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael Ward, 3rd Pt. Sophia Ward, 4th Pt. Dr. Upton Peacock, Dublin, 5th Pt. Arthur Dobbs, Castle Dobbs, Co. Antrim, and Saml. Campbell, Co. Leitrim, 6th Pt. Marriage Settlement, Consid. £4,000, c. 40 townlands in Co. Monaghan, 10 June 1739. T1878/78; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Marriage settlement, Jane Ormsby and Clotworthy Upton, 1712. M. 7026; National Archives of Ireland
- Longfield surveys and maps of the estate of Lord Templetown, 21 F 41 (29-33); National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castleblayney Union, 4
- 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] : 441