Duckworth
William Duckworth held an estate at Erris close to Boyle at the time of Griffith's Valuation which he was leasing from Viscount Lorton's estate. A Mrs. Duckworth is recorded as being the owner of over 700 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. An offer was accepted from the Congested Districts Board for over 700 acres of the Duckworth estate in Leitrim in 1913.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Erris | Erris | Boyle | Boyle | Boyle Rural 32 | Boyle | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: G823033
OS Sheet: 6 Discovery map: 33 |
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Archival sources
- Rental of Duckworth estate, county Roscommon, 1864. M.1200. ; 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: 304 (Leitrim)
- 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] : 138.(Leitrim)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Boyle Union, 30.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol. I, 125
- WELD, Isaac. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Roscommon''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1832. : 245
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 50.