TOBER

In 1868, the parish of Tober contained the following places:

"TOBER, a parish in the baronies of Upper and Lower Talbotstown, county Wicklow, Ireland, 4 miles N.W. of Donard. The surface consists of a good soil. The living is a rectory with Dunlavin."

"TUBBER, a parish, in the barony of UPPERCROSS, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from Dunlavan, on the road to Ballymore-Eustace, containing 104 inhabitants. The parish, which comprises only 900 acres, is situated at the point of junction of the counties of Kildare, Dublin, and Wicklow. It is a curacy, in the diocese of Dublin, annexed by act of council, in 1833, to the union of Dunlavan: the rectory is appropriate to the archbishop. The tithes amount to £8S. 12. 3¾. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Dunlavan. There are slight remains of the old church, situated in a burial place near an old mansion, the property of the Leslie family, now occupied by the police."

"STRATFORD-UPON-SLANEY, a post-office village in the parish of Tober, barony of Upper Talbotstown, county Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 27 miles W. of Wicklow, and 54 from Dublin. It is situated near the river Slaney, on an acclivity rising from the bank of that stream. It contains the parish church, a Roman Catholic chapel, Presbyterian meeting-house, dispensary, and fever hospital. The town was founded by the Earl of Aldborough in 1790. Tuesday and Saturday are market days."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868] by Colin Hinson ©2018