Wood
The Wood family had held property in Sligo since at least the early 17th century, probably through Thomas Wood, Constable of Ballymote Castle in 1592. A family member is alleged to have perished in the Rebellion of 1641. Some of the family property in Corran barony became part of the Bromhead estate in the 19th century when Judith Wood married Sir Gonville Bromhead of Thurlby Hall, Lincolnshire. Other parts of the property were inherited by the Digby family though the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Wood, to William Digby, dean of Clonfert, in later eighteenth century. The family bacame united with the Martins, another influential Sligo family, though the inheritence of the Martin's Cleveragh estate by Mrs. Anne Wood, nee Martin.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville | Ballydoogan | St. John's | Sligo | Kilmacowen 59 | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G665356
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Rathellen | Finisklin | St. John | Sligo | Knockaree | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G673368
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Finisklin House or Seamount | Finisklin | St. John | Sligo | Knockaree | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G672370
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 25 |
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| Wynnesfort House | Rahaberna | Drumcliff | Sligo | Drumcliff East | Carbury | Sligo |
OSI Ref: G699399
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 16 |
Archival sources
- Rentals of Wood estate, 1864-70, Robinson Collection; Sligo County Library
- Map of lands at Maugheraboy, estate of Wm. C. Wood, 1826. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of Woodville demesne, estate of James Wood, c.1860. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of properties adjacent to Garavogue river, estate of W.G. Wood-Martin, 1879. ; Sligo County Library
- Map of property at Maugheraboy including plans for proposed cottages, estate of W.G. Wood-Martin, 1897. ; Sligo County Library
- Rentals of the Wood estates, 1866-70. Robinson Collection.; Sligo County Library
- GO MSS 109. Copy of confirmation of Arms to Mrs Anne Wood on her assuming surname Wood-Martin. 1874. ; National Library of Ireland
- GO MSS 180. Pedigree of Wood of Lackan, Caranduff, Oldrock, Leckfield, Woodville & Cleveragh, county Sligo, 1602-1883. ; National Library of Ireland
- Joyce, Mackie & Lougheed, auctioneers' collection, includes a sale rental for the lands of Tissan and Rathaberny, both called Wynnesfort and Carrowkeel, in the Court of Chancery, 4 May 1853. Co 3498; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Sligo: Vol II, 313, 328
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 324
- 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] : 482
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Sligo Union, 88 (Finisklin), 89 (Ballydoogan), 482-483 (Woodville),
Modern printed sources
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': JEFFERY, Lilian M. An account of the family of Wood, Co. Sligo and their descendants. III, 8 (1963), 300-310. Addendum. III, 9 (1964), 364-365.
- McTERNAN, John C. ''Sligo: the light of bygone days, Vol.I Houses of Sligo and associated families''. Sligo: Avena Publications, 2009. : 169-170 (Rathellen), 484-485 (Wynnesfort)