St George, Richard St George Mansergh, Survey & Maps of Estate

Leather bound manuscript volume with 32 hand-coloured estate maps and descriptions of the land, together with details of tenants, complied by Charles Frizell, Junior [surveyor], of the estate of Richard St George Mansergh St George, Headford, county Galway.  Also includes rent roll for the town of Headford.  Contemporary calf Irish binding, gilt borders on covers, red morocco labels on covers: “Richard St George Manseragh St George Esq.” and back cover “Headford estates in the county Galway 1775”.  End papers replaced.  Some staining throughout, and some missing pages.

Maps of the (Headford) estate of Richard St. George Manseragh St. George in the county of Galway in 1775 by Charles Frizell, Junior.  With rent roll and description of the farms.

The survey commences with a general description of Headford town stating it is ‘..about a mile from Lough Corrib where you have a Water Carriage for large Boats to ply to Galway which is not more than 12 miles by water, the Town has every convenience, first it is a healthful situation having plenty of turf, very contiguous for firing, good water, and the lands exceeding fertile, limestone grounds fit for grazing or tillage, ….Also the Town parks beginning at Gurnamona and extending to Cloonavamoge are much out of heart which if improved would be worth from £1.2.9 to £1.5 per acre…..Headford would become the stopping place from Ballinrobe & Castlebar for Travellers and probably bring inhabitants to reside which from its remote situation at present and for want of encouragement no Stranger had any inducement to settle. There are several looms in the Town if encouragement is given to Linen manufacturers to settle may in some time hence flourish…’ (p6).

The pictorial maps show the layout of individual farms, the position of adjacent farms and location of additional features such as houses, bogs, rivers, trees and so on. The survey includes a description of the land in each farm, which include Ballricard, Ballycolligan, Ballyhale,  Ballynakillagh, Bunacunnee, Bolladrivedamoan, Bunnally quarter of Oldtore, Bogherkile quarter of Oldtore, Bunanrane,  Bunnacunnenn, Cahirgall, Caltragh, Carrigashingane quarter of Crushusha,  Clooneen, Crushusha, Culleen, Curdarragh, Donaghpatrick quarter of Oldtore, Ellough, Gortnaponra quarter of Oldtore, Gurtarica, Kilkilvery, Killaree, Logde, quarter of Headford, Killmurry, Lisdonagh, Lough Hackett, Raphoy, Ross, Torlaghmonaghan, Tubbercrussane, and Oldtone.

Includes rent roll of the estate detailing denominations and tenants and occupiers names, number of acres held, presumptive value of acres, total presumptive yearly rent  in each farm.

Also includes loose survey of the lands of R.J. Mansergh St. George last in the possession of James Turrell (1832), and a rough note with details of area and value of some farms (1853).

Page 1 missing [map of town of Headford].