Gilliland (Londonderry)
Samuel Gilliland, Justice of the Peace and member of Londonderry Corporation, was the owner of almost 4000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s, as well as just over 80 acres in County Derry. He lived at Brook Hall on the outskirt of the city of Derry.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Correspondence between Samuel Gilliland, Londonderry, and the Irish Society concerning land leased and reclaimed. Also Records of Messrs. Samuel Gilliland & Co. Ltd., 'Rock Bakery', Londonderry. D1960. ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Bundle of documents relating to tithe dispute between Samuel Gilliland and the Trustees of Magee College. MPT/6/1/5/12; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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.181
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.226