Sandholes
From Wikishire
| 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) |
