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Books, Maps & Other Resources Ireland & Northern Ireland Genealogy & History More Ireland, Northern Ireland & Irish Resources BOOK - County Antrim, A Topographical Dictionary of The Parishes, Villages and Towns of County Antrim in the 1830s. By Samuel Lewis; Preface by Brian M. Walker 
This book presents an unusual combination of contemporary sources on life in County Antrim over one hundred and sixty years ago. The text is extracted from Samuel Lewis's monumental two volumed topographical dictionary of Ireland, first published in 1837. It has been combined with many maps and engravings of the period. The end result is a very special view of the parishes, villages and towns of County Antrim in the years before the great changes of the Victorian era. It provides a compelling record of agriculture, industry, population, buildings and antiquities in the 1830s. It deals extensively with Belfast in the period when it was known as the 'Athens of the North'. Professor Brian Walker is responsible for the preface and the selection of illustrations. His work on local studies includes the much acclaimed Sentry Hill: an Ulster farm and family, and he has played a pioneering role in the retrieval and use of early photographic sources. He holds the chair of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast. Illustrated with contemporary maps and engravings c1830. Includes: maps, illustrations Format: soft cover, 11.5" X 8.5" Pages: 90 ISBN: 0 946872 61 9
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