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Strabane barony during the Ulster plantation, 1607-1641 / edited by Robert J. Hunter.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land settlement--Northern Ireland--Strabane--History--17th century.
- Land settlement.
- Scotland--History--17th century.
- Scotland.
- Strabane (Northern Ireland)--History--17th century.
- Strabane (Northern Ireland).
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)--History--17th century.
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Ulster Plantation of the early seventeenth century is widely accepted as a period of critical importance in the shaping of modern Ulster and one of the most significant projects of colonisation in the early modern world. However, there have been relatively few studies that have looked in detail at the impact of the Plantation scheme at local level. This publication brings together the work of a group of professional and amateur historians. Forty years ago a small group of people under the leadership of the late Mr Robert J. Hunter (University of Ulster) looked firstly at the Plan
- Contents:
- Strabane barony at the end of the 16th century : Geographical background ; Historical background - the Irish ; Historical background - the Scots and Scotland
- The Plantation : The plan ; The Plantation survey of Strabane barony in 1609 ; Conditions of the Plantation ; Allocation of land in Strabane barony ; The Plantation families ; Other plantation people
- The town of Strabane : General proposals for the establishment of towns ; Strebane before the Plantation ; The growth of Strabane ; The members of the first corporation ; The Strabane charter ; The corporation of Strabane ; The town and its landlord
- The churches and religious influence : Background ; The bishops ; Landlords and laity ; 1622 visitation reports and lists of incumbents
- Military matters in troubled times
- Economic aspects : General background to 1610 ; Income and expenditure ; Development of the land ; Trade at the beginning of the Plantation
- Buildings : Buildings before the Plantation ; Building progress during the Plantation-the surveys ; Costs of building.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-908448-20-2
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