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[[File:NorthEastLiberties barony.png|right|thumb|250px|Location of the Liberties]]
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[[File:Bellemont - geograph.org.uk - 529425.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A field by Bellemont in the Liberties]]
[[File:The Promenade at Portstewart - geograph.org.uk - 1322701.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Portstewart coastline]]
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[[File:NorthEastLiberties barony.png|right|thumb|200px|Location of the Liberties]]
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The '''North East Liberties of Coleraine''' are the parts of [[County Londonderry]] to the east of the [[River Bann]].  They are named after [[Coleraine]] town, and today much of that town has extended into its liberties. The one other town in the Liberties is [[Portstewart]], a jolly seaside resort town.
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The '''North East Liberties of Coleraine''' are those parts of [[County Londonderry]] which lies to the east of the [[River Bann]], and they constitute a barony of that county. They are the lands across the Bann which were governed as appurtenant to [[Coleraine]], a town which stands mainly on the river's west bank.
  
The Liberties were lands formerly belonging to Antrim, but were granted by King James I to the Honourable the Irish Society and its new [[County Londonderry|County of Londonderry]] in order that the company should have control of the mouth of the [[River Bann]].  Likewise the lands west of the mouth of the [[River Foyle]] were granted as the [[North West Liberties of Londonderry]].
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The River Bann is bridged at Coleraine and the town has spread over the bridge into its liberties.  Beyond this townscape, the Liberties are largely rural and empty apart from the seaside resort of [[Portstewart]].  They are bounded to the west by the tidal River Bann and beyond it Coleraine and the [[Barony of Coleraine]], while to the east in County Antrim are [[Dunluce Lower]] (north-east) and [[Dunluce Upper]] (south-east).
  
The North East Liberties of Coleraine have the status of a Barony of [[County Londonderry]].<ref name="PRONI"/> The Liberties border the northern County Londonderry coastline, and are bordered by three other baronies: [[Barony of Coleraine|Coleraine]] to the west and the [[County Antrim|Antrim]] baronies of  [[Dunluce Lower]] to the north-east and [[Dunluce Upper]] to the south-east.<ref name="PRONI"/>
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==History==
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{{main|The Route}}
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The Liberties of Coleraine formed the north-western part of the mediæval territory known as [[the Route]]. Until the Plantation of Ulster under King James I, the River Bann formed the western border of [[County Antrim]] all the way to the sea, and the land to the west was 'County Coleraine'.
  
The North East Liberties formed the north-western part of the mediæval territory known as ''The Route''.
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In 1613, the King incorporated ''The Society of the Governor and Assistants, London, of the New Plantation in Ulster, within the Realm of Ireland'', which was commonly called 'the Irish Society':  a consortium of livery companies of the City of London established to colonise the county which became County Londonderry.  The Society received the towns of Derry (henceforth Londonderry) and Coleraine, but the investors insisted that they should have control of the mouth of the towns' respective rivers:  the [[River Foyle|Foyle]] at Londonderry and the Bann at Coleraine.  Hence the Liberties delimited east of the Bann and placed under the authority of the Society as part of the Liberties of Coleraine.
  
==Towns==
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==Towns and villages==
[[File:River Bann at Coleraine.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Over the Bann from Coleraine to the Liberties]]
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[[File:The Promenade at Portstewart - geograph.org.uk - 1322701.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Portstewart coastline]]
 
*[[Coleraine]] (east of the [[River Bann]])
 
*[[Coleraine]] (east of the [[River Bann]])
 
*[[Portstewart]]
 
*[[Portstewart]]
  
==Parishes==
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===Parishes===
The parishes in the North East Liberties of Coleraine are:<ref name="Billmacafee"/>
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The parishes in the North East Liberties of Coleraine are:<ref>[http://billmacafee.com/derryancestors/mapbaroniesparishescoderry.htm Map of the baronies and civil parishes of County Londonderry]</ref>
 
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*Ballyaghran
 
*Ballyaghran
*Ballymoney (split with barony of Dunluce Upper)
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*[[Ballymoney]] (also partly in County Antrim)
*Ballywillan (split with barony of Dunluce Lower)
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*Ballywillan (split with Antrim)
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*[[Ballyrashane]] (also partly in Antrim)
*Ballyrashane (split with barony of Dunluce Lower)
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*[[Coleraine]]
*Coleraine
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*Kildollagh
 
*Kildollagh
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==References==
 
==References==
{{reflist|
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{{reflist}}
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<ref name="Billmacafee">[http://billmacafee.com/derryancestors/mapbaroniesparishescoderry.htm Map of the baronies and civil parishes of County Londonderry]</ref>
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*[http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland]</ref>
<ref name="PRONI">[http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/local_history/geographical_index/baronies_.htm PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland]</ref>
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}}
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[[Category:Baronies of County Londonderry]]
 
[[Category:Baronies of County Londonderry]]

Revision as of 23:41, 8 March 2018

A field by Bellemont in the Liberties
Location of the Liberties

The North East Liberties of Coleraine are those parts of County Londonderry which lies to the east of the River Bann, and they constitute a barony of that county. They are the lands across the Bann which were governed as appurtenant to Coleraine, a town which stands mainly on the river's west bank.

The River Bann is bridged at Coleraine and the town has spread over the bridge into its liberties. Beyond this townscape, the Liberties are largely rural and empty apart from the seaside resort of Portstewart. They are bounded to the west by the tidal River Bann and beyond it Coleraine and the Barony of Coleraine, while to the east in County Antrim are Dunluce Lower (north-east) and Dunluce Upper (south-east).

History

Main article: The Route

The Liberties of Coleraine formed the north-western part of the mediæval territory known as the Route. Until the Plantation of Ulster under King James I, the River Bann formed the western border of County Antrim all the way to the sea, and the land to the west was 'County Coleraine'.

In 1613, the King incorporated The Society of the Governor and Assistants, London, of the New Plantation in Ulster, within the Realm of Ireland, which was commonly called 'the Irish Society': a consortium of livery companies of the City of London established to colonise the county which became County Londonderry. The Society received the towns of Derry (henceforth Londonderry) and Coleraine, but the investors insisted that they should have control of the mouth of the towns' respective rivers: the Foyle at Londonderry and the Bann at Coleraine. Hence the Liberties delimited east of the Bann and placed under the authority of the Society as part of the Liberties of Coleraine.

Towns and villages

Portstewart coastline

Parishes

The parishes in the North East Liberties of Coleraine are:[1]

References