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ˈtown-land
†a. OE. tún-land. The land forming a tún or manor.
b. In Ireland, A division of land of varying extent; also, a territorial division, a township.
c. In Scotland, The enclosed or infield land of a farm.
a.972in Earle Land Charters (1888) 445 Ðis sindon ða lond ᵹemæra þæra tun londa ðe into perscoran belimpað.
b.1658Petty in Calr. S.P, Irel. (Advent.) 362 The survey of every particular townland. 1662Ir. Act 14 & 15 Chas. II, c. 2 (iii). §3 The..number of acres..in each town-land, village, balybo or quarter of land. 1804M. Edgeworth Ennui v, Two or three cabins gathered together were sufficient to constitute a town, and the land adjoining thereto is called a town-land. 1842S. C. Hall Ireland II. 354 The origin of town-lands..is of great antiquity. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 365 Townlands are sometimes attached to one parish for the assessment of the county taxes, while, with respect to tithes and other ecclesiastical contributions, they are considered as forming part of another. 1873W. K. Sullivan in O'Curry Anc. Irish Introd. 98 The modern townland may be looked upon as the representative of all the parcels of land of whatever denomination from the Baile Biatach down, which had separate designations. 1892E. Lawless Grania iv. i. 166 Inishmaan possesses but two townlands, containing six quarters each, with sixteen croggeries to every quarter, and sixteen acres to every croggery. 1903Times 17 Jan. 8/1 Ballycotsey is a townland in the county Tipperary.
c.1801Farmer's Mag. Nov. 420 The infield, or town-land..looked to be good. |