BROWSE
townland
Baile Bhaltair
genitive: Bhaile Bhaltair
(Irish)
Walterstown
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the town(land) of Bháltar

    Bháltar - leagan Gaeilge den tsloinne nó ainm pearsanta Angla-Normannach Walter.

  • English

    the town(land) of Bháltar

    Bháltar - Irish language form of the Anglo-Norman surname or personal name Walter.

Centrepoint

53.6048, -6.54893latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1386
Walterestoun
Patent Roll 9 Richard II <br> COMMISSION, by pledge of Thomas Daltoun and John Fleming, to Katharine, previously wife of Thomas Chambre, of custody of two thirds of one carucate of land in Walterestoun near Skreen. (Cal. ICR (chancery.tcd.ie))
Cal. ICR
1406
? Walterestoun
Patent Roll 7 Henry IV <br> PARDON, for service, to Richard fitz G[…] and Joan his wife, and to Thomas Cusak kt [chiv’] and Anne his wife for all manner of intrusions [etc.] in and of the manors of D[…]gyn, ***Baly[mag]lassan, […] ***Woghtryllagh;1 a moiety of the manor of ***Pyletestoun; the manor of ***Dunsany; 1 messuage and […] acres of land in ***Walterestoun; 3 messauge and 1 carucate of land in ***Fennokestoun (Cal. ICR (chancery.tcd.ie))
Cal. ICR
1543
Walterston
Cusakiston, Walterson CPCR 97 Duffe (Conveyance relating to the estate of John Duffe, of Kylcoscan, Stradbally, Houthe in the county of Dublin, declaring that Robert Jurdan and Thomas Nangle, feoffees of said John, had conveyed to him all the lands which they held by his feoffment in Kylcoscan, Stradbally, and Houthe, in the county of Dublin, and Cusakiston and Walterston, in the county of Meath John
CPCR
1637
Walterston juxta Skryne
Luc' Com' Fingall
Inq. Lag. CI 137
1654
Walterstowne
Christ Earle of Fingall Irish Papist Edward Dowdall hath 44 acres thereof a Protestant
CS V 58
1727
Walterstown
Dowdall to Hayes et al
CGn. 54.209.35457
1812
Walterstown
Larkin (Mí)
1836
Walterstown
BS:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Walterstown
Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Part of Walterstown
GJRates (Old Docket): AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Part of Walterstown
HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Pt of Walterstowne and 3 surrounds
DS:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Walterston
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Walterston
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Baile Waltair
OC:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Walter's town
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7
1836
Walterstown
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí069,7

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