A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Lisburn, town with ry. sta., Blaris par., cos. Antrim and Down, on river Lagan, 8 miles SW. of Belfast and 93 miles N. of Dublin, 639 ac., pop. 10,755; 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. Flax-spinning, bleaching, and the mfr. of linen, linen thread, and muslins are carried on extensively in the town and its neighbourhood. There are large corn mills. Lisburn was formerly called Lisnegarvey, and owed its rise to the Conway family, who built a castle here in the reign of Charles I. It is now one of the cleanest and most handsome towns in Ireland. The church is the cathedral church of the diocese of Down, Connor, and Dromore, and contains a monument to Jeremy Taylor, who died here in 1667. Lisburn gives the titles of Earl and Viscount to the family of Vaughan. It returned 1 member to Parliament until 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Antrim IrlC Down IrlC |
| Place names: | LISBURN | LISNEGARVEY |
| Place: | Lisburn |
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