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Ballyvelton Lower

Ballyvelton Lower is a townland in Derry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBallyvelton Lower55.12977° N · 6.60876° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Ballyvelton Lower · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Derry
Civil parish
Ballyrashane
Coordinates
55.12977, -6.60876
Mapped area
0.68 km²
Logainm ID
58483 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1911 census

19People recorded
4Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • McKendry 10
  • Simpson 4
  • Boyle 2
  • Black 1
  • Cochrane 1
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballyvelton Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.