BROWSE

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Bullstown
(English)

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53.4855, -6.36585latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1540-1
Bowlston Parva
(Brian Orodye)
Ir. Mon. Poss.
1540-1
Bowleston Parva
Ir. Mon. Poss.
1540-1
Great Bowlston
(John Wade)
Ir. Mon. Poss.
1540-1
Bowlston Great and Small
Ir. Mon. Poss.
1566
Bulleston
Lease, under instructions. 24 October, 1505, to Francis Agarde, esq., one of the privy council; of the site and demesne lands of the manor of Donamore, county Meath, the lands of Bulleston, and the Newton, county Meath, possessions of the late monastery of Thomascourt by Dublin. F 985
F
1572
Bulston, Little Bulston
996. (6086). Lease to Michael FitzWilliams ; of the manor and rec- English, tory of Donamore [co. Heath], with the lands of Donamore, Knocbuy, Robeston, Wotton, Newton, much Robertston, little Robertston, Taylfordston alias [ ], much Bulston, little .Bulston. To hold for twenty-one years, at a rent: of ,£46 2,9. Maintaining one English horseman and two; archers, not to alien without license, not to let except to English by both parents, and not to charge coyn.—[4 Feb., ix.] (See Auditor-General's Patent Book, vol. 28, p. 58). Recited as 24 Feb. in a lease of 21 Xov., xv. 997 (907). Lease, under instructions
F
1572
little Buleston...Much Bulleston
Lease…to Michael Fitzwilliams esq ….Land in Dardeston, co. Meath, rent 245…The rectory of Donamore and the lands of Knockboy, Reveston, Wotton, Mughoreston, much Roberteston, little Roberteston, Taylforston alias Newton alias Ailfordeslonde alias Tylners-landes, and little Buleston co. Meath, … The site of the manor of Donamore and lands, a watermill and land called Myllstricke alias Myll meedstryke in Donamore, land of Much Bulleston and Newton, co. Meath… Maintaining one English horseman and two archers on the manor of Donamore. Provided that he shall not assign without license, nor let to any not of English nation, and shall not charge coyne ' or other exactions. F 2168
F
1595
little Bowliston
Grant…to Wm. Browne, of Malrankan, co. Wexford, esq. ; of a tenement and garden and land in Grenocke (rent 8s.), and land in little Bowliston (28s. id.), co. Meath, possessions of the monastery of the B. V. M., Dublin…the glebe land of Knockmarke, co. Meath (6s.), parcel of the possessions of the monastery of Thomascourt. F 5936
F
1595
LittleBowleston
Grant to William Browne of a tenement, garden, and 3 acres of arable land, in Grenocke ; 30 acres of arable, 2 acres of pasture, in Little Bowleston, in the county of Meath, parcel of the lands and possessions of the monastery of the Blessed Virgin, near Dublin, heretofore granted to Sir Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond and Ossory ; a portion of the glebe land of Knockmarcke, CPCR (Morrin II) 341
CPCR
1666
Bullstowne
George Lane, knt…Bullstowne and lands in Grenoge, 46 a…bar. Ratoath, co. Meath—Clatterstowne, with a water mill and pigeon house, 136 a…; bar. Duleeke, same co Abbott’s land in Calestawne, 15 a…Beantowne or Bewtowne and Swinesdeane, 187 a, bar. Dunboyne ASE 74
ASE
1836
Little Balltown
GJRates (Old Docket): AL Leathanach: Mí027,3
1836
Bullstown
Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí027,3
1836
Bullstown (Great & Little)
Norton, R.:AL Leathanach: Mí027,3
1836
Little Bulltown
HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí027,3
1836
Little Bultowne
DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: Mí027,3
1836
Little Bulstowne
DS Map:AL Leathanach: Mí027,3
1836
Big/ Little Bullstown
"(The 'u' as in 'but' not 'bull'.)" [OC]
OC:AL Leathanach: Mí027,3
1836
Bullstown etc.
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí027,3

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