Tithe was a tax on all agricultural land (originally one tenth of the produce) excepting only church lands, glebes and urban areas and was paid by leaseholders and occupiers of all religious denominations to the clergy of the Established Church of Ireland. There was growing resentment against this tax, especially by Presbyterians and Catholics, particularly in the period of distress after 1815 and the government was forced to give way and introduce the Tithe Composition Act 1823 which replaced payment in kind by payment in cash.
In order to effect this change, all agricultural land across the country was required to be surveyed and applotted, or valued. During the period 1823 to 1837, a Tithe Applotment Survey was made in each civil parish across the whole of Ireland to determine the value of tithe payable by different landholders. Two people were appointed by each parish to carry out this assessment. The material was arranged by civil parish and townland in volumes known as TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKS.
In some parishes more than one survey was taken, whilst in others the manuscript has not survived. The books for all Ireland, compiled between 1823 and 1837, are now deposited in the National Archives of Ireland, Dublin and Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI).
PRONI holds the tithe books for all but 31 of the 273 parishes then surveyed in Northern Ireland. These tithe books are arranged by townland and record the names of leaseholders, the area of their farm subject to tithing, sometimes the quality of the land and an overall valuation and occasionally the names of landlords. Researchers should be aware that cottiers who did not hold land are not recorded, and unaccountably, some types of land were passed over entirely; a field of potatoes attracted a tithe payment in one parish, but not in that adjoining.
Those researchers who are fortunate to locate a forebear in the Tithe Applotment Books may find it possible to take their research back a further generation prior to Griffiths Valuation.
OFFICIAL TOWNLANDS WITHIN COLERAINE PARISH
| Townland | Townland | Townland | Townland |
| Ballyartan | Ballyclaber | Bellasses | Blagh |
| Boghill | Coleraine and Suburbs | Cross Glebe | Danes Hill |
| Drumadragh | Gateside | Harpurs Hill | Island Heaghey |
| Knockantern | Lodge | Loguestown | Loughan Hill |
| Millburn | Mount Sandel | Spittle Hill | Tullans |
| Watt's Town | Windy Hall |
TOWNLANDS AND SUBDENOMINATIONS SUBJECT TO TITHING WITHIN COLERAINE PARISH
(As recorded In the Tithe Applotment Book)
| Townland | Townland | Townland | Townland |
| Ballyarten | Ballysally | Blaugh | Boghill |
| Bowling Green | Claber | Cross or Glebe Land | Daneshill |
| Drumadra | Dundoan | Gate Side | Harpershill |
| Islandhaughey | Knockentern | Lodge, The | Logues Town |
| Lower Bellasis | Millburn | Mountsandy | Spittlehill |
| Suburbs of Coleraine | Tullans | Upper Bellasis | Wattstown |
| Windyhaw |
INDEX TO COLERAINE TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOK 1827
***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
| Surname | Firstname | Townland |
| ACHESON | James | Spittlehill |
| ADAMS | Alexr. | The Lodge |
| ADAMS | William | Lower Bellasis |
| ALEXANDER | Alexr. | Millburn |
| ANDERSON | David | Ballysally |
| ANDERSON | William | Cross or Glebe Land |
| ANDERSON | William | Watts Town |
| ANDERSON | Wm. | Claber |
| ANDERSON | Wm. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| ANDREWS | William | Spittlehill |
| ANDREWS | Willm. (for Mr. Blacker’s Land) | Millburn |
| BALLASS | Robert | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BARR | Alexr. | Ballysally |
| BARR | Andrew | Knockentern |
| BARR | David | Knockentern |
| BARR | Jno. | Windy Haw |
| BARR | Wm. | Windy Haw |
| BEGLEY | Edwd. | Mountsandy |
| BELLAS | Jas. | Ballyarton |
| BERESFORD | J. C., Esq. | Bowling Green |
| BERESFORD | J. C., Esq. (for J. McGrotty’s Land) | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BERESFORD | J. C., Esq. (for the Shoulder of Mutton Field) | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BEVERLAND | Jas. | Ballysally |
| BEVERLAND | Jas. | Spittlehill |
| BLACK | Jas. | Danes Hill |
| BLACK | Jas. | Gate Side |
| BLACK | Jas. or Thos. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BLACK | Jno. | Ballysally |
| BLACK | Jno. (for Stewart’s Farm) | Ballysally |
| BLACK | Paul | Ballysally |
| BLACK | Paul (for Mr. Galt’s Land) | Ballysally |
| BLACK | Thos. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BLACK | Thos. | The Lodge |
| BLACK | Thos. or Jas. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BLACK | William | Dundoan |
| BLACKER | H., Esq. | Millburn |
| BLACKER | Henry, Esq. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BLACKER | Henry, Esq. (for Bann fields) | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BLACKER | Henry, Esq. (for Cave Hill) | Millburn |
| BLACKER | Henry, Esq. (for Shell Hill) | Millburn |
| BOYD | Doctor | Bowling Green |
| BOYD | Doctor | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BOYD | Edwd., Widow | Tullans |
| BOYD | Henry (for Boyd’s Land) | Tullans |
| BOYD | Henry (for Corporation’s Land) | Tullans |
| BOYD | Jas (for Boyd’s Land) | Tullans |
| BOYD | Jas. | Tullans |
| BOYD | Jas. (for Corporation’s Land) | Tullans |
| BOYLE | Doctor | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BRADLEY | John | Bowling Green |
| BRADLEY | John | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| BRADLEY | Widow | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| CALDWELL | Alexr. | Mountsandy |
| CALDWELL | Jas. | The Lodge |
| CALDWELL | Jno. | The Lodge |
| CAMPBELL | Thos. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| CAMPBELL | Thos. | Upper Bellasis |
| CAMPBELL | Wm. | Upper Bellasis |
| CANE | Edward | Gate Side |
| CASKEY | Saml. | Harpershill |
| CLARK | Saml. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| CLARK | Wm. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| CLARKE | John | Mountsandy |
| CLARKE | Joseph (for Lord Waterford’s Land) | Mountsandy |
| CLARKE | Joseph (for Montgomery’s Land) | Mountsandy |
| COCHRAN | Hugh | Logues Town |
| COCHRAN | Jno. | Lower Bellasis |
| COCHRAN | John | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| COCHRAN | Saml. | Ballysally |
| COCHRAN | William | Dundoan |
| COLEMAN | Duncan | Gate Side |
| CONN | Thos. | Lower Bellasis |
| CONOLOGUE | Thos. | Claber |
| CORRY | Neal | Mountsandy |
| CORRY | Thos. | Mountsandy |
| COYLE | Jane, Mrs. | Knockentern |
| CRAWFORD | Alexr. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| CRAWFORD | Alexr. | The Lodge |
| CRAWFORD | William | Knockentern |
| CRAWFORD | William | Windy Haw |
| CREIGHTON | William | Tullans |
| CROOKSHANK | Jas. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| CUPPLES | Moses | Ballysally |
| CUPPLES | Robt. | Claber |
| CUTHBERT | Alexr. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| DALLAS | Robt. | Spittlehill |
| DEMPSY | Hugh | Dundoan |
| DOGHERTY | Fras. | Knockentern |
| DOGHERTY | Shane | Claber |
| DOHERTY | …..? [not given] & Widow Sheals | Tullans |
| DOHERTY | Jno. | Dundoan |
| DOHERTY | John | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| DOHERTY | Michael | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| DOHERTY | Shane | Cross or Glebe Land |
| DONALDSON | Wm. | Harpershill |
| DONALDSON | Wm. | Lower Bellasis |
| DORAGH | Danl. | Danes Hill |
| DUNLOP | John | Spittlehill |
| ECCLES | Patk. | Tullans |
| ESDALE | Alexr. | Logues Town |
| ESDALE | Jas. | Boghill |
| ESDALE | John | Blaugh |
| ESDALE | Saml. | Blaugh |
| ESDALE | Samuel | Knockentern |
| EVAGE | Mary, Widow | Boghill |
| EWING | Jas. | Millburn |
| FULTON | Jas. | Watts Town |
| FULTON | Jas. | Windy Haw |
| FULTON | Jno. | Windy Haw |
| FULTON | Robert | Watts Town |
| GALT | Jas. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| GALT | John | Harpershill |
| GALT | John | Spittlehill |
| GALT | Wm., Mr. | Ballysally |
| GANNON | Patk. | Tullans |
| GILMORE | Jas. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| GILMOUR | Saml. | Knockentern |
| GIVEN | Benjamin (for Jas. Ewing’s Land) | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| GIVEN | Benjn., Junr. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| GIVEN | Benjn., Junr. | Upper Bellasis |
| GIVEN | Benjn., Senr. | Spittlehill |
| GIVEN | Benjn., Senr. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| GIVEN | Danl. | Spittlehill |
| GIVEN | Jas. S., Esq. | Spittlehill |
| GIVEN | Robt. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| GLEN | David (for Boyd’s Land) | Ballysally |
| GLENN | David (for Newton’s Land) | Ballysally |
| GLENN | Hugh | Dundoan |
| GLENN | Saml., Junr. | Dundoan |
| GLENN | Saml., Senr. | Dundoan |
| GLENN | William | Dundoan |
| HAGARTY | Jas. | Danes Hill |
| HAMILTON | Jas. | Upper Bellasis |
| HAMILTON | Jno. | Spittlehill |
| HARTFORD | John | Claber |
| HARTON | Hugh | Spittlehill |
| HARVEY | Edwd., Revd. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| HASLETT | Robert (for Widow Bradly’s Land) | Bowling Green |
| HASLETT | Robt. (for Shoulder of Mutton Field) | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| HENRY | Mrs. | Dundoan |
| HIGGINS | Rachael, Widow | Upper Bellasis |
| HILL | William | Millburn |
| HIND | John | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| HOUSTON | Doctor | Logues Town |
| HOUSTON | Doctor | Lower Bellasis |
| HOUSTON | Doctor (for Nesbitt’s Land) | Lower Bellasis |
| HOUSTON | Doctor (for Sharp’s Land) | Lower Bellasis |
| HOUSTON | Doctor, Senr. | Upper Bellasis |
| HUNTER | Thos. | Millburn |
| HUNTER | Thos. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| JACKSON | Widow | Blaugh |
| JAMESON | James | Dundoan |
| JAMISON | Jas. | Ballysally |
| JOHNSTON | Jas. | Knockentern |
| KENNEDY | Jas. | Claber |
| KENNEDY | Jas. | Cross or Glebe Land |
| KENNEDY | Saml. | Ballysally |
| KING | Saml. | Harpershill |
| KNOX | Mr. Samuel | The Lodge |
| KNOX | Saml. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| KNOX | Samuel, Mr. | Mountsandy |
| LECKIN | John | Ballysally |
| LECKIN | Saml. | Ballysally |
| LECKIN | Saml. | Boghill |
| LINN | John | Knockentern |
| LINN | Robert, Junr. | Knockentern |
| LINN | Robert, Senr. | Knockentern |
| LINN | William | Knockentern |
| LITHCO | Robert | Spittlehill |
| LITHGOW | Susan, Widow | Spittlehill |
| LITTLE | George (for Fishery Park) | Ballysally |
| LITTLE | George (for Mr. Galt’s Land) | Ballysally |
| LITTLE | George (for part of Wm Patterson’s) | Ballysally |
| LITTLE | Wm. (for Fishery Park) | Ballysally |
| LITTLE | Wm. (for Mr. Galt’s Land) | Ballysally |
| LITTLE | Wm. (for part of Wm Patterson’s) | Ballysally |
| LOGAN | Alexr. | Blaugh |
| LOGAN | Danl. | Tullans |
| LOGAN | Thos. | Tullans |
| LOGAN | Thos. Junr. | Tullans |
| LYONS | Joseph | Knockentern |
| MAINS | Jno. | Spittlehill |
| MAINS | Thos. | Lower Bellasis |
| MARSHALL | Robt. | The Lodge |
| MARTIN | John | Lower Bellasis |
| MATHERS | Adam | Spittlehill |
| MATHEWS | John | Upper Bellasis |
| McAFEE | Danl. | Boghill |
| McAFEE | Geo. | Upper Bellasis |
| McAFEE | Reps of A. | Upper Bellasis |
| McALLISTER | Hugh | Boghill |
| McASHANOG | Henry | Boghill |
| McATEER | Jas. | Watts Town |
| McCANN | Jas. | Tullans |
| McCANN | Widow | Boghill |
| McCLELLAND | John | Logues Town |
| McCLELLAND | Neal, Jun. | Logues Town |
| McCLELLAND | Neal, Sen. | Logues Town |
| McCOLGIN | Robt. | Claber |
| McCOLLUM | Hugh | Dundoan |
| McCONAGHEY | Jas. | Boghill |
| McCONAGHY | Archd. | Gate Side |
| McCORMICK | Jno. | The Lodge |
| McDOUGALL | John | Claber |
| McGREGOR | Danl. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| McGROTTY | Jas. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| McINTYRE | John | Mountsandy |
| McINTYRE | John | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| McKAY | Danl. | Claber |
| McKEE | Alexr. | Knockentern |
| McKEE | Willm. | Ballysally |
| McKENZIE | Wm. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| McKINLEY | …….? [not given] | Lower Bellasis |
| McKITTRICK | Elizh. | Lower Bellasis |
| McLAUGHLIN | Bernd. | Harpershill |
| McLOUGHLIN | Richd. | Bowling Green |
| McLOUGHLIN | Richd. | Spittlehill |
| McLOUGHLIN | Richd. | The Lodge |
| McLOUGHLIN | Thos. | Upper Bellasis |
| McMULLAN | Thos. | The Lodge |
| McMULLEN | Thos. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| McMULLIN | Eliz., Widow | Dundoan |
| McMURRAY | William | Boghill |
| McNEARY | F. T. (see Wm. Warnock, Suburbs) | |
| MEENAGH | Isaac | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| MILLER | John | Tullans |
| MILLER | Thos. | Mountsandy |
| MITCHELL | John | Mountsandy |
| MITCHELL | John | The Lodge |
| MONTGOMERY | Thos., Esq. | Ballysally |
| MOODY | William | Blaugh |
| MOODY | William | Drumadra |
| MOONEY | Stephen | Mountsandy |
| MOORE | David | Ballysally |
| MOORE | David | The Lodge |
| MORRISON | John | Blaugh |
| MORRISON | Thos. | Knockentern |
| MORROW | John | Islandhaughey |
| MURPHY | Peter | Ballysally |
| MURRAY | George | Dundoan |
| MURRAY | Jas. | Knockentern |
| NEILL | Doctor | Mountsandy |
| NEILL | Doctor | Upper Bellasis |
| NEILL | John | Dundoan |
| NICHOLLS | John | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| NIMMOCK | Jas. | Windy Haw |
| PARK | David | Claber |
| PARK | David | Tullans |
| PARK | Hugh (for land in this and Boghill) | Danes Hill |
| PARK | John | Boghill |
| PARK | Robt. | Tullans |
| PARK | Saml. (for part of Mrs Rankin’s Land) | Blaugh |
| PARK | Saml. (for Taylor’s Land) | Blaugh |
| PARK | William | Windy Haw |
| PARKS | William | Tullans |
| PATRICK | Thos. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| PATTERSON | Jas. | Cross or Glebe Land |
| PATTERSON | Jas. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| PATTERSON | Jno. | Claber |
| PATTERSON | Widow | Logues Town |
| PATTERSON | Wm. | Ballysally |
| PEACOCK | Jas. | Blaugh |
| PEACOCK | Saml. | Gate Side |
| RANKIN | Mrs. Eliz. | Blaugh |
| RICHARDSON | Thos., Rev. | Mountsandy |
| ROB | Jas. | Tullans |
| ROBB | Widow | Harpershill |
| ROBINSON | Matw. | Knockentern |
| ROSS | Jas. | Ballysally |
| ROWAN | Jas. | Knockentern |
| SHANNON | Thos. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| SHARP | Robt. | Harpershill |
| SHARP | Robt. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| SHEALS | Jas. | Tullans |
| SHEALS | Thos. | Tullans |
| SHEALS | Widow & ………? Doherty | Tullans |
| SHERIFF | Saml., Junr. | Dundoan |
| SHERIFF | Saml., Senr. | Dundoan |
| SIMPSON | Jas. | Drumadra |
| SINCLAIR | Archd. | Drumadra |
| SMITH | Danl. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| SMITH | John | Spittlehill |
| SPEAR | Jas. | Knockentern |
| STEELE | Jas. | Knockentern |
| STEELE | Thos. | Knockentern |
| STEWART | Hugh | Boghill |
| STEWART | Jno. | Gate Side |
| STEWART | Paul | Gate Side |
| TAYLOR | Danl. | The Lodge |
| TAYLOR | Jas. | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| TEMPLETON | Wm. | Lower Bellasis |
| TITTLE | Jno. M. | Claber |
| TITTLE | John M. | Upper Bellasis |
| TOWNSEND | David | Boghill |
| TOWNSEND | John | Boghill |
| TUTTLE | John | Tullans |
| WALLACE | Thos. | Blaugh |
| WALLACE | William | Dundoan |
| WARNOCK | Jas. | Boghill |
| WARNOCK | John | Logues Town |
| WARNOCK | Widow | Blaugh |
| WARNOCK | Wm. (for F. T. McNeary & self) | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| WEIR | Jane, Widow | Dundoan |
| WEIR | William | Suburbs of Coleraine |
| WHITEHEAD | Revd., Mr. | Lower Bellasis |
| WHITESIDE | Revd., Mr. | Harpershill |
| WILLIAMSON | Jas. | Tullans |
| WILLS | Henry | Boghill |
| WILSON | Hugh | Boghill |
| WILSON | Jas. | Tullans |
| WILSON | John | Gate Side |
| WINLOCK | Jane, Widow | Tullans |
| WINLOCK | William | Tullans |
| WISENER | Jas. | Boghill |
| WOODBURN | Jas. | Dundoan |
| WOODBURN | Thos. | Dundoan |
| WOODBURN | Wm. | Dundoan |
| WRAY | Danl. | Windy Haw |
24th October 1826
At a vestry held this day in the Parish Church of Coleraine pursuant to the Act of 4th & 5th of George the 4th providing for the Establishing of Composition for Tithes in Ireland.
Names of Parishioners present
1. Henry Blacker
2. James Stevenson Giveen
3. John Tittle
4. John Cochran
5. Rev. John Whiteside
6. Thoms. McMullan
7. Paul Black
8. Robert Huston, Senr.
9. James Bellas
10. William Glenn
11. Rev. Thos. Richardson
£50 Freeholders present
John Boyd
Alexr. Hurley
Saml. Knox
John Simpson
Commissioners: John Boyd, Coleraine & Adam Hill, Belfast
Minutes signed by:
G. Harvey, Rector
J. Stevenson Giveen, Chairman
Robert Huston
Henry Blacker
Sam. Knox
John Cochran
John Moore Tittle
J. Whiteside
John Boyd
Thomas Richardson
Thos McMullan
Alexr. Hurley
John Simpson
William Anderson
James Fulton
Paul Black