Charlemont

• Abbreviations used in these GENUKI County Armagh, and library notes
  • AIGS = Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies
  • FHL = Family History Library (LDS)
  • LDS = Latter Day Saints
  • NLI = National Library of Ireland
  • PRO = National Archives (formerly, the Public Record Office) at Kew, England
  • PRONI = Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
  • QUB = Queen's University, Belfast
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• Charlemont, Francis William Caulfeild, Earl of (1775-1863), The Earl of Charlemont's accounts, Microfilm of original: 1850-1865, Armagh County Museum no. 10A, FHL Film 1279331 Item 6
• Lagan Navigation and Associated Companies - records held at the PRONI (ref. COM/1) - Opened in 1842, the Ulster Canal extended from Charlemont in Co. Armagh to Lough Erne in the west of the province. (Citation from RASCAL).

• Church of Ireland
  • The Church of Ireland - Find a church page
    • Charlemont parish church -- Mailing address: St. James' Rectory, 37 The Square, Moy, Co Tyrone BT71 7SG; Tel: 028 8778 4312
  • Representative Church Body Library
    • Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14; Tel: +353 (0)1 4923979
• Roman Catholic parish of Moy (Armagh diocese)
  • Historically, the County Armagh portions of the R.C. parish of Moy coincided with the County Armagh portions of the civil parish of Clonfeacle
    • Church of St Jarlath, Blackwatertown (1780)
    • Church of St John the Baptist (1833)
    • Mailing addresses for both churches -- Parochial House, 11 Benburb Rd, Moy, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland; Tel: 028 8778 4262
  • Modern R.C. pastoral areas are shown on this Pastoral Area Map
  • Refer to Parish of Clonfeacle at CatholicIreland.net for current directory listings

• Gallagher, Robert H., Methodism on the Charlemont circuit, [Wesley Historical Society, Belfast, 1961], book held at the FHL in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; call no. 941.66/C1 K2

• Church of Ireland
• Roman Catholic
• Society of Friends

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• 1824 - J. Pigot and Co., City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory: Index of 21 Inhabitants of Charlemont
• 1846 - Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland: Index of 174 Inhabitants of Charlemont, Moy and Neighbourhood

• The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
• Lewis, Samuel, Charlemont, from Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland [1837]

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Charlemont to another place.

• Book list - many of these references are provided with library call numbers for QUB and/or NLI
• Charlemont in the Phillips manuscript, microfilm of manuscript: [19--], Armagh County Museum no. M8, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1984; FHL Film 1279354 Item 17
• Marshall, John J., History of Charlemont Fort and Borough in the county of Armagh: and of Mountjoy Fort in the county of Tyrone, Tyrone Printing Co., Dungannon, 1921; FHL Fiche 6036692
• The Armagh Investigation, from Dublin University Magazine Vol. V, No. XXVII, March 1835 - hosted by Library Ireland

• ---, A list of freeholders, on the estates of the Earl of Charlemont, in the County Armagh, pr. by W. Pooler, Armagh, 1820
  • NLI: Dix Armagh 1820, Coll. Dix
• ---, The Argory, [Charlemont/Moy], Co. Armagh, National Trust, [Belfast], 1984. - v7532467
  • Brief description from the National Trust web site
  • QUB: Main (Special Colls) - h p DA990.A8/ARGO
• FHL catalogue entries for "Charlemont - Land and property"
  • Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society, List of members of the A.N.H & P.S. in 1844, Armagh County Museum no. P9, FHL Film 1279332 Item 10
  • Charlemont, Francis William Caulfeild, Earl of [1775-1863], Lease between Francis William, Earl of Charlemont, and Abraham Walker, dated 1 Jan. 1846, and Lease between Francis William, Earl of Charlemont, and Robert Walker, dated 2 Jan. 1832, Armagh County Museum no. 11A, FHL Film 1279332 Item 9
  • Charlemont, Francis William Caulfeild, Earl of [1775-1863], Rentals for the manors of Charlemont, Cladymore, and Castlecaulfield, Armagh County Museum no. 11B, FHL Films 1279331 Item 9 or 1279332 Item 5
  • Charlemont, Francis William Caulfeild, Earl of [1775-1863], Schedule of the leases of the Earl of Charlemont's Ulster estates, Armagh County Museum no. 11B, FHL Films 1279331 Item 12 or 1279332 Item 6
  • Noble, J.T., Survey and valuation of the turf bogs, in that part of the estate of the Right Honorable Francis William Earl of Charlemont, situate in the Manors of Charlemont and Cladymore, arranged, according to the residence of the occupiers; forming a book of reference between the rent ledger and the bog maps, and showing the location, extent and value of the several lots of bog held by each tenant, Armagh County Museum no. 11B, FHL BRITISH Films 1279331 Item 8 or 1279332 Item 3
• Lutton, Elizabeth, Childhood days at the Argory 1903-1916, from Review - Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society, Vol. 6 No. 1

• National Trust
  • Ardress House, 64 Ardress Road, Annaghmore, County Armagh, Northern Ireland BT62 1SQ
  • The Argory, 144 Derrycaw Road, Moy BT71 6NA [situated on the County Tyrone side of the River Blackwater]
• Charlemont estate records held at the PRONI
• Charlemont estate records held at the AIGS [Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies], ref. Film Irl Gen 27:
  • Armagh Estates: Tenants & Bog Rents, 1840-1841. Charlemont and Cladymore Manors, including Maps, 1824.
    • Contents: Names of Tenants, description of land and its value. Charlemont Accounts, 1850-1865. "Reference to the Book of Maps of the Turf Bogs situate in the Manors of Charlemont, Cladymore & Castle Caulfield in the Counties of Armagh and Tyrone" Charlemont Estate, Bog Rents. Names of Tenants, Description of land and its value, 1831-1834. "Survey & Valuation of the Turf Bogs, situate in the Manors of Charlemont & Cladymore, arranged according to the Residence of the Occupiers, forming a Book of Reference between the Rent Ledger and the Bog Maps, & showing the Location, Extent & Value of the Bogs, 1831".
  • The Moy Estate situate in Charlemont Manor, ref.
    • Contents: The Manor of Castle Caulfield & Claymore Manor rentals. Tenants names, description of land and its value. "Maps of the Turf Bogs belonging to the Manors of Charlemont, Cladymore & Castle Caulfield in the Counties of Armagh & Tyrone,1828-1831".
  • Bog occupiers of Aughtmagorgan, Corclea & Granemore , County Armagh1844-1845.
  • Schedule of the leases of the Earl of Charlemont's Ulster Estates.
  • Names of Tenants, land descriptions and its value. County Armagh, 1855-1945.
  • Includes Tenants names, description of land and its value & Maps.
• Other holdings at the AIGS
  • Southwell Rent Roll, 1742. Robert Maxwell Rent Roll, 1742-1743. Leases, Bonds of Co. Armagh, 1783-1842. Film Irl Gen 34

• FHL catalogue entries for "Charlemont - "Maps" and "Charlemont - Land and property"
  • Armstrong, William, Map of several holdings, part of the estate of the Right Hon. Francis William, Earl of Charlemont, microfilm of original: 1819, Armagh County Museum no. 10B, FHL Film 1279357 Item 15
  • Noble, J. Thomas, Maps of the turf bogs belonging to the manors of Charlemont, Cladymore and Castlecaulfield in the counties of Armagh and Tyrone: part of the estate of the Right Honorable Francis William Earl of Charlemont, microfilm of original: 1828-1831: 49 maps, Armagh County Museum no. 11B, FHL Films 1279331 Item 10, or 1279332 Item 2
  • Noble, J. Thomas, Reference to the maps of the manors of Charlemont and Cladymore in the counties of Armagh and Tyrone: part of the estate of the Right Honorable Francis William, Earl of Charlemont, Armagh County Museum no. 10A, FHL Films 1279331 Item 5 or 1279357 Item 14
  • Noble, J. Thomas, Reference to the book of maps of the turf bogs situate in the manors of Charlemont, Cladymore, and Castlecaulfield in the counties of Armagh and Tyrone: part of the estate of the Right Honorable Francis William Earl of Charlemont, Armagh County Museum no. 11B, FHL Films 1279331 Item 7 or 1279332 Item 2

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference H8528255727 (Lat/Lon: 54.44292, -6.686254), Charlemont which are provided by:

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• Copy Charlemont and paste it along with the county name into the search box at Ordnance Survey Ireland.
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• ---, A reprimand for the Volunteer Army of Ireland. Dedicated to his excellency the Earl of Charlemont, printed by Thomas Casey, Dublin, 1790
  • NLI: P1939(6), Coll. P
• ---, A true and impartial account of Their Majesties army in Ireland. Discovering the designs of the late K. James, and the French army, since the embarking and landing of His Grace the Duke of Schonberg, to this present time; with the particulars of what happened lately at the siege of Carickfergus, Dundalk, Charlemont, and Cavan, and of several other passages since the army went into winter quarters. Licensed March 28. 1690. J. Fraser, [Printed for James Partridge at the Post-House at Charing-cross, London, 1690]
  • NLI: Thorpe 12 (1), Coll. Thorpe

• IrelandOldNews - an ongoing, volunteer project to transcribe 18th & 19th century Irish newspapers
  • Input "Charlemont" and spelling variants (e.g., "Charlmont") into the "Find" box
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  • Revisit the IrelandOldNews web site periodically, as transcribers update their county pages regularly
• The Belfast Newspaper Index, 1737-1800; compiled by Dr. John C. Greene of Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.A
  • Mentions of Charlemont in the Belfast Newsletter index -- Warning: This is a large file [120Kb], consisting of 216 entries.

• Book list - many of these references are provided with library call numbers for QUB and/or NLI
• Online sources
  • Caulfeild, James, 1st Earl of Charlemont (1728-1799), in Life, works, etc.
• Sources
  • Baron, Earls, and Viscounts of Charlemont - Holdings at the PRONI - Charlemont papers, ref. D1083, D1644, D1790, D2363, D2394, D2644, T1176, T387

• Charlemont, Earl, Correspondence between Earl Charlemont & Lord Ffrench: read at a meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association, in the Conciliation Hall, on Monday, April 1st, 1884, [J. Browne, Printer, Dublin, 1844]
  • NLI: P 220(8), Coll. P.

• Holdings of documents related to Charlemont at the PRONI
  • Papers about individual parishes in the Armagh Diocesan Registry archive
    • "Charlemont, Co. Armagh -- The papers run from 1830 to 1925 (with many gaps), and some of them, dated 1862, relate to alterations to the church and include specifications and a plan."

• Loughgall, Tartaraghan, Charlemont and Moy Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Loughgall, Tartaraghan, Charlemont, and Moy Association, for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [Armagh?], [1830]
  • NLI: P 1182(12), Coll. P.