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| − | |LG district= | + | |latitude=54.59447 |
| + | |longitude=-6.7796586 | ||
| + | |population=126 | ||
| + | |census year=2011 | ||
| + | |post town=Cookstown | ||
| + | |postcode=BT80 | ||
| + | |dialling code=028 | ||
| + | |townland= | ||
| + | |LG district=Mid-Ulster | ||
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| − | '''Sandholes''' is a | + | '''Sandholes''' is a small rural hamlet, located at a crossroads three and a half miles south of [[Cookstown]] in [[Tyrone]]. The settlement is compact, with a modest range of services and community facilities. Existing dwellings are located within the core of the village and in small housing developments on the periphery. The 2011 census recorded a population of 126 in 50 households. |
| − | {{ | + | ==Churches== |
| + | [[File:Tullylagan Gospel Hall - geograph.org.uk - 263906.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Tullylagan Gospel Hall]] | ||
| + | *Presbyterian: Sandholes Presbyterian Church: the current church replaced the original in 1798 and was extended in 1862. A new modern church hall was built in 2016 to replace the one built in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandholespresbyterian.org/history|title=History of Sandholes Presbyterian Church|website=sandholes}}</ref> | ||
| + | *Independent: Tullylagan Gospel Hall | ||
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| + | ==About the village== | ||
| + | *Tullylagan House Hotel is a 19th-century Manor House Hotel which is set in thirty acres of its own private grounds and landscaped gardens with the [[Tullylagan River]] flowing through the estate.<ref>[http://www.tullylagan.com/ Tulllagan House Hotel]</ref> | ||
| + | *Tullylagan Vintage Owners Association have 14 acres at Berkeley's Farm, in the townland of Gallanagh: here the association keeps the traditional methods of farming alive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/tyrone/flax_sowing_tullylagan.shtml|title=Your Place And Mine - Tyrone -|date=27 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127063302/http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/tyrone/flax_sowing_tullylagan.shtml|archive-date=27 November 2010}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Outside links== | ||
| + | {{commons}} | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 20:52, 5 December 2022
| Sandholes | |
| Tyrone | |
|---|---|
 Sandholes Presbyterian Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H789725 |
| Location: | 54°35’40"N, 6°46’47"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 126 (2011) |
| Post town: | Cookstown |
| Postcode: | BT80 |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid-Ulster |
Sandholes is a small rural hamlet, located at a crossroads three and a half miles south of Cookstown in Tyrone. The settlement is compact, with a modest range of services and community facilities. Existing dwellings are located within the core of the village and in small housing developments on the periphery. The 2011 census recorded a population of 126 in 50 households.
Churches
- Presbyterian: Sandholes Presbyterian Church: the current church replaced the original in 1798 and was extended in 1862. A new modern church hall was built in 2016 to replace the one built in 1962.[1]
- Independent: Tullylagan Gospel Hall
About the village
- Tullylagan House Hotel is a 19th-century Manor House Hotel which is set in thirty acres of its own private grounds and landscaped gardens with the Tullylagan River flowing through the estate.[2]
- Tullylagan Vintage Owners Association have 14 acres at Berkeley's Farm, in the townland of Gallanagh: here the association keeps the traditional methods of farming alive.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sandholes) |
