Nicholson
The Nicholsons received grants of land in Sligo under the Acts of Settlement and one of them became High Sherrif of Sligo in 1671. In 1675 Edward Nicholson, described as of Cummin or Knocknaray, served as High Sheriff of Leitrim. The Nicholson estate extended in to the Barony of Leyny, covering part of the parish of Achonry. This estate was sold in the Landed Estates court in 1876 on behalf of Agnes Mary Nicholason, an infant. McTernan states that the Gethin family were the purchasers and they in turn leased it to several other parties. There were also legal proceedings within the family due to loans and mortgages. Two granddaughters of James Nicholson (d.1810), Emily and Harriett Douglas, were married to Adam Mossman and Thomas White, who also held land in Sligo. Adam Mossman was a Liverpool merchant. Various members of the Mossman family, who were married into the Nicholason family, held c.1000 acres in County Sligo in 1876. In November 1865 James C. Whyte Douglas offered lands at Luffertan, Woodpark and fishing rights at Culleenduff for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The original leases were between James Nicholson and the Earl of Erne's estate. George W. Douglas was still the owner of 70 acres at Culleenduff, in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Grange/Primrose Grange | Grange North | Killaspugbrone | Sligo | Knockaree 60 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G639339
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Glen Lodge | Culleenduff | Killaspugbrone | Sligo | Knocknaree 60 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G624330
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 16 |
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| Greyfort Cottage | Sheerevagh | Kilmacallan | Sligo | Lakeview 51 | Tirerrill | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G754156
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 25 |
Archival sources
- Map of Kilmacowen East, estate of T. White & A. Mosman, c.1820. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands at Culleenduff-Woodpark-Lufferton, estate of T. White & A. Mosman, 1824. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands adjacent to Primrose Grange, White & Mosman, 1825. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands at Ballyrush & Sherevagh, White & Mosman, 1825. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands in Barony of Leyny, White & Mosman, 1825. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands in Achonry parish, White & Mosman, 1825 & 1829. . ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands at Tully, Strandhill, White & Mosman estate, 1825. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of Clooneweenaghan, estate of White & Mosman, 1825. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands in parish of Kilmacallan, White & Mosman estate, 1826. ; Sligo County Library
- Rentals of Mossman estate, 1866-70, 1879-82, 188-1900, Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Valuation of Mossman estate, late 19th century. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Rentals of the Mossman estate, 1866-70. Robinson Collection. ; Sligo County Library
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), White Douglas, 10 November 1865, Vol 78, MRGS 39/038, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Nicholson, 4 July 1876, Vol 125, MRGS 39/056, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 200 (Glen Lodge)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol I, Achonry Parish, Vol II
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 322
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 321 (Douglas)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Sligo Union, 246.
Modern printed sources
- McTERNAN, John C. ''At the Foot of Knocknarea: a chronicle of Coolera in bygone days.'' Sligo: Avena Publications, 1990. : 49-50
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': GRAY, E.S. Four Irish pedigrees including Nicholson of Ballynagargen & Phibbs of Spotfield, county Sligo. II, 2 (1944).
- HARRISON, A (compiler).'' A roll of all gentlemen....High Sheriffs, MPs & other officers of county Leitrim, 1600-1909.'' Carrick-on-Shannon: printed by P. Brennan, 1910. : 3.
- NATIONAL INVENTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. ''An introduction to the architectural heritage of county Sligo''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 2007. : 27, 90-91.
- ''Corran Herald'': DUFFY, P.J. The Congested Districts Board [including list of lands acquired in county Sligo under the Wyndham Act]. XXXIV (2001-2002), 6-7
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 91-92 (Grange), 342-343 (Glen Lodge), 412-413 (Primrose Grange)
- TIMONEY, Martin A (ed). ''Dedicated to Sligo: thirty-four essays on Sligo's past''. Sligo: Publishing Sligo's past, 2013. : Timoney, Martin A. "Hints towards a natural and topographical history of the county of Sligoe" by the Rev. William Henry, 1739", p.150. [Grange]