The Blessington Estate consisted of a number of townlands in Ardstraw, Cappagh, Bodoney Lower and Bodoney Upper parishes. Encumbered with debts and mortgages, the Estate went to auction in 1848.
TYRONE RENTAL 1882-94
Townlands of
CARRIGANS
CARNAGAN
CORICKBEG
CORICKMORE
CROSH & TULLYMUCK
GORTANAGAN
LURGANBOY & BELTANY
GLASSEYGOLGAN
KILLYMORE
LISLEA
MEENAGARROW
LEARDEN
STRAWLETTERDALLAN
A collection of individual leases survive for the years 1804-1808, 1809-1828, 1828-1829 and a small number for 1763-1776
COUNTERPART LEASES:
1763
BERAGH
Samuel & James Denny
Alexander McCausland & Robert Buchanan
CARRIGANS
Thomas Borland jun & sen
William Kerr, Richard Scott & William McAlray
CLOGHOGALL
John & James McElroy
William Smith & James Beatty
GLASMULLAGH
William Rodger elder & younger
KILLYNURE
John Gyly
Samuel Patrick
John & James Robinson
LISLIMNAGHAN
Matthew Smith et al
Arthur Crawford
LISNAGER
John Gibson
John Murelagh & Alexander McCracken
John McCullogh
Robert Provens
STRALETTERDALLAN
John Hunter et al
Thos McDonnell et al
James Stewart, William Fulton etc
TANTRAMURRAY
William Scott et al
William Graham et al
TATRACONNAGHTY
John & William Given et al
TATTYNURE
William McConnell et al
TULLY
James Alexander
John Giffin et al
William Givan
1764
NEWTOWNSTEWART:
DEER PARK
Oliver Nicholls
GLENCORDEL
John Scott, Patrick Orr elder & younger
Ann McCausland
1766
TATNAGOLE
John Orr, farmer
Joshua Scott
William Scott
1804
KILLYBRACK
Samuel Johnson
ALDOGHEL
James Adams
1806
BELNATIBBRIT
William, James, Patrick & Thomas Collins
BERAGH
Robert & James Hamilton
GORTNACREA
Robert Scott, farmer
LISNAFIN
James & Robert Hood (2 leases)
1807
GORTNACREA
George Buchanan
1808
CASTLETOWN
James Forde
Archibald Graham
TATRACONAUGHTY
Henry Given (2 leases)
Rev James McClintock
CASTLETOWN
Archibald Melon
Mark Melon
Archibald Stewart
1809
PUBBLE
William Moore
GORTNACREA
Charles Buchanan
George Buchanan
KILLYMORE
Thomas Barber
James Ellis
1810
PUBBLE
David Ross
DEER PARK
Nathaniel Drew
1811
CALKILL
Alex Denny
1813
LEGLAND
Lease for one year to Marquis of Abercorn
1814
CLOGHOGAL
Elizabeth Sidney Hamilton, widow
1819
NEWTOWNSTEWART
Rev George Houston & surrender of leases by Rev Thomas Houston & Margaret Houston, widow to Count Alfred D’Orsay, Luke Norman & Alexander Worthington.
Thomas Corne
NLI Ms 36, 612/1-4 Rentals & Receiver's Accounts 1871-6
NLI Ms 36, 612/5 Rental Ledger for the Mountjoy Estate May 1882-March 1895