Burrowes (Longford)

In the 1870s Reverend Thomas B. Burrows was the owner of over 115 acres in County Longford. He was resident at Weston-super-Mere in Somerset. In 1851 and 1854 Alexander Burrows had offered lands and his house at Fernsborough in County Longford for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The sale notice offers detailed information on the leasing of this estate.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Fernsborough	Ranaghan	Abbeylara	Granard	Abbeylara		Longford	OSI Ref: N373792 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 41

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Burrowes, 15/12/1854, Vol.30 , MRGS 39/013-14, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library); National Archives 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: p.52 (Longford)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. I,. p.3 (Abbeylaragh)