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|name=Dervock | |name=Dervock | ||
|county=Antrim | |county=Antrim | ||
|picture= | |picture=Dervock main Street as seen from a clock tower of the co-op community building - geograph.org.uk - 104482.jpg | ||
|picture caption= | |picture caption=Dervock Main Street | ||
|os grid ref= | |os grid ref=C978317 | ||
|LG district= | |latitude=55.12346 | ||
|longitude=-6.46899 | |||
|population=714 | |||
|census year=2011 | |||
|post town=Ballymoney | |||
|postcode=BT53 | |||
|dialling code=028 | |||
|LG district=Causeway Coast and Glens | |||
|constituency=North Antrim | |||
|townland=yes | |||
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'''Dervock''' is a village in [[County Antrim]]. | '''Dervock''' is a small village (and a townland of 132 acres) in [[County Antrim]]. It is found about three and a half miles north-east of [[Ballymoney]], on the banks of the [[Dervock River]] (within the Barony of [[Dunluce Lower]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dervock|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> It had a population of 714 people (in 302 households) at the 2011 Census. | ||
{{ | ==Churches== | ||
*[[Church of Ireland]]: Dervock Parish Church | |||
*Presbyterian: | |||
**[http://www.dervockpresbyterianchurch.org/ Dervock Presbyterian Church] | |||
**Dervock Reformed Presbyterian Church | |||
==Features== | |||
The village includes a number of commercial businesses, a primary school and doctor’s surgery, as well as recreational and community facilities. | |||
The North Irish Horse Inn, a listed building, named after a famous Army regiment, the namesake North Irish Horse, and has military memorabilia on display inside, and there is also a remembrance fountain built in 1878. | |||
The ancestral home of an American president, William McKinley, stands in Dervock. | |||
==Transport links== | |||
Dervock railway station opened on 18 October 1880 but closed on 3 July 1950.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dervock station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-23}}</ref> It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran 17 miles connecting [[Ballycastle]] to [[Ballymoney]], on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to [[Londonderry]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Baker |first=Michael HC |title=Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|year=1999 |isbn=0-7110-2680-7 }}</ref> | |||
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==References== | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 9 November 2017
| Dervock | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
 Dervock Main Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | C978317 |
| Location: | 55°7’24"N, 6°28’8"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 714 (2011) |
| Post town: | Ballymoney |
| Postcode: | BT53 |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Causeway Coast & Glens |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Antrim |
Dervock is a small village (and a townland of 132 acres) in County Antrim. It is found about three and a half miles north-east of Ballymoney, on the banks of the Dervock River (within the Barony of Dunluce Lower.[1] It had a population of 714 people (in 302 households) at the 2011 Census.
Churches
- Church of Ireland: Dervock Parish Church
- Presbyterian:
- Dervock Presbyterian Church
- Dervock Reformed Presbyterian Church
Features
The village includes a number of commercial businesses, a primary school and doctor’s surgery, as well as recreational and community facilities.
The North Irish Horse Inn, a listed building, named after a famous Army regiment, the namesake North Irish Horse, and has military memorabilia on display inside, and there is also a remembrance fountain built in 1878.
The ancestral home of an American president, William McKinley, stands in Dervock.
Transport links
Dervock railway station opened on 18 October 1880 but closed on 3 July 1950.[2] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Londonderry.[3]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Dervock) |
References
- ↑ "Dervock". http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Dervock station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ↑ Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.