Hornidge (Calverstown)
George Hornidge of Dublin married Mary Bickerstaff and died in 1772. His son John Hornidge lived at Calverstown, county Westmeath and married Elizabeth daughter of James Hornidge of King’s County (Offaly). In 1838 their son George James Hornidge married Jane daughter of Robert Matthews of Killare House. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) George Hornage held a townland in the parish of Clonfad, county Westmeath. In the mid-1870s George James Hornidge of Calverstown, Mullingar owned 582 acres in the county while [his son] John Hornidge of Dalystown, owned 177 acres. John Hornidge married Frances Pilkington and died in 1902 and was succeeded by his son Dudley George Pilkington Hornidge, born 1881.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calverstown | Calverstown | Clonfad | Mullingar | Clonfad 100 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N410418
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 48 |
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Archival sources
- Eighteen documents, including marriage settlements, relating to the Hornidge family, 1785-1888. D. 6882-6899; National Library of Ireland
- Draft pedigree of Hornidge of Co Carlow, King’s Co, and Calverstown, Co Westmeath 1681-1909. GO Ms 805, 7; National Library of Ireland
- By direction of Captain John D. Hornidge: catalogue of choice residue furniture auction at Calverston, Tyrrellspass ... Wednesday 22nd April, 1970. B26; National Library of Ireland
- Letter from Francis Davies to George Hornidge concerning a sale of land, 15 Mar 1859. MS 49,491/1/268XXL; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 84
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 132 (Calverstown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 361
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Hornidge Papers (from 1785), the property of Mr. J. D. Hornidge, Calverstown, Mullingar, now in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Hornidge family and to property in Dublin City and lands in Co. Westmeath. No. 364
- WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 564
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 42