Dervock
| 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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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.