TOWNLANDS OF NEWTOWNHAMILTON

Roxborough is a townland of 147 statute acres and 31 perches two miles east of Cullyhanna. It is bounded on the north by Dorsey Mullaghglass and Dorsey Hearty, on the east By Ummeracam Ball (North), on the south by Dorsey and on the west by Finiskin. In the Tithe Applotment Books of 1825 the total area of the townland is shown as 87 acres, 3 roods and 26 perches.

Name of townland

English: The name was formerly 'Dorsey Cavan O'Hanlon'. The name was introduced by Johnston of the Fews as the family had come from Roxbouough in Scotland ⁽¹⁾

Valuation

Although the decimalisation of the currency was introduced only in 1971, all of the valuations in the following table have been converted from £sd for convenience.

Year	1837	1851	1864	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1926	1935	1952	1957	1974
Valuation	£64.00	£90.00	£103.75	£103.75	£105.00	£100.25	£99.50	£99.50	£99.50	£103.75	£103.25	£106.75	£109.75

The 1837 Townland Valuation recorded only houses worth £5 or more a year. There was one such house in the townland -

• William Armstrong

Griffiths Valuation records the owner of the townland as the Representatives of William Armstrong

Census of Ireland 1901

The Census enumerated 12 people in three households; a ratio of 4 persons per household. One household occupied 9 rooms, one occupied 2 rooms and one occupied a single room. No houses were thatched.

Native Irish Speakers

There were no native Irish speakers.

Population Changes

The following table sets out the number of houses and population enumerated in the townland in each of the 11 Censuses held between 1841 and 1951.

In the period of 110 years, the number of households dropped by 45.5% and the population by 44.9%.

Names of House and land Holders ⁽²⁾

The following table sets out the names of those who owned or rented houses and land in the townland at the time the official valuation record or population census was compiled.