Laurelvale

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Laurelvale
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Mullavilly parish church
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Location within Northern Ireland
Population1,288 (2011 census)
Irish grid reference J006478
•  Belfast 25.5 mi (41.0 km)
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County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CRAIGAVON
Postcode district BT62
Dialling code 028, +44 28
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54°22′08″N6°27′05″W / 54.36876°N 6.45139°W / 54.36876; -6.45139

Laurelvale is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside the smaller village of Mullavilly and the two are sometimes referred to as Laurelvale-Mullavilly [2] [3] or Mullavilly-Laurelvale. [4] [5] The village is three miles south of Portadown and 1.5 miles northwest of Tandragee. [6] It had a population of 1,288 people in the 2011 census. [7]

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Name

Laurelvale is within the townland of Tamnaghvelton (formerly Tawnavaltiny, from Irish Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine, meaning ' Bealtaine field'). [1] [8] Laurelvale was taken from the name of a mansion that was built in the 19th century. Mullavilly was named after the townland in which it lies. The name comes from Irish Mullach a' Bhile, meaning 'hilltop of the sacred tree'. [9] [10]

History

Laurelvale was founded in the 1850s by Thomas Sinton JP (1826–1887) to house the workers in his linen mill of Thomas Sinton & Co. Ltd, which was in the village. At its height, Sintons' Mill had over 1000 workers. The mill has since been demolished. The company remained in family ownership until 1945 when it was taken over by the Ministry of Defence and operated by Hoffmans (who made ball bearings for gun turrets). The Sinton family also ran mills and bleach-works in Tandragee, Killyleagh, Tullylish and at Ravarnet outside Hillsborough, County Down.

Schedule of rental of the estates of JOHN Earl of SANDWICH and PETER DE SALIS, in the Manor of Clare in County of Armagh, 1802. The Schedule of rental of the estates of JOHN Earl of SANDWICH and PETER DE SALIS, in the Manor of Clare in County of Armagh, 1802.jpg
Schedule of rental of the estates of JOHN Earl of SANDWICH and PETER DE SALIS, in the Manor of Clare in County of Armagh, 1802.

Thomas Sinton also built a large house in the village, Laurelvale House, which, following the Second World War, was the home of Michael Torrens-Spence, Lord Lieutenant of County Armagh. Laurelvale House has since been demolished to make way for housing development.

Sintons' Mill Sintons Mill Laurelvale.jpg
Sintons' Mill

Schools

Churches

Sport

Laurelvale F.C. has a ground in the Laurel Park area of the village. The football club currently play in the Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate B Division.

Laurelvale Cricket Club has a clubhouse on Mullavilly Road and are currently competing in the NCU League Section 2, having just missed out on promotion in the 2015 season by way of Net Run Rate. Lee Edgar had a club record breaking season with 63 wickets winning the club's and league's Player of the Year.

Demography

2011 census

In the 2011 census Laurelvale-Mulavilly had a population of 1,288 people. [7] Of these:

2001 census

Mullavilly-Laurelvale is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,258 people living in Mullavilly-Laurelvale.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Placenames Database of Ireland: Laurelvale". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Roads Service to deliver new traffic calming measures for Laurelvale" Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Portadown Times , 21 December 2007.
  3. ↑ Armagh Area Plan 2004 Adoption Statement 1995 Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland).
  4. ↑ "Roundabout on way at Laurelvale accident hot-spot" Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Portadown Times , 2 December 2008.
  5. ↑ Mullavilly News, September 2010 issue Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine .
  6. ↑ "Free Map Tools". Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Laurelvale / Mullavilly Settlement". NISRA. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Placenames NI: Tamnaghvelton". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Placenames NI: Mullavilly". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Placenames Database of Ireland: Mullavilly". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

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