Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Water mill - unclassified
Ballyhitt, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhitt
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX048-069----
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The National Monuments Service's description
An inquisition at Wexford in 1618 found that at the time of his death in 1617 William Browne of Mulrankin (WX047-031----) owned a water mill amongst other property together with three carucates (townlands) at Ballyfistlane (Ballycushlane), which was the manor of Lady’s Island parish (Brooks 1950, 118). A mill is marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Forth at Ballyhitt and Coldblow (3) where William Browne owned 68 acres in 1640 (Simington 1953, 305). For the Down Survey barony map see this web-page accessed on 23 December, 2013: http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Forth&c=Wexford
A mill is marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map just S of Kisha bridge with a N-S stream c. 30m to the W, but it cannot be certain that it is on the site of the older mill.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 January, 2014
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Brooks E.St. J. (ed.) 1950 Knights' fees in Counties Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny (13th-15th century). Dublin. Stationery Office.