placenamesArtrea
Ard Tré
Lewis records two Presbyterian congregations and a network of schools in the wider historic parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ard Tré · Irish · main form
- Artrea · English · main form
Place & story
Two congregations, different funding
Samuel Lewis recorded two Presbyterian places of worship at Moneymore in 1837. The Drapers’ Company built the church connected with the Synod of Ulster at a reported cost of £4,000. The Seceding congregation’s building was financed by subscription, with the company providing its site and contributing £250. These were separate congregations with different arrangements for building their churches. [2]
Schools across the historic parish
Lewis listed three schools aided by the Drapers’ Company and another at Ballymulderg. Together they taught about 170 boys and 170 girls, with two pay schools recorded separately. Those pupil figures belong to his account of the historic parish spanning Derry and Tyrone, rather than an isolated total for its Derry portion. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Coordinates
- 54.71107, -6.55301 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 71.5 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2896 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Artrea. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardtrea or Artrea: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2016-10-24. How this page was prepared.