Manuscripts & eBooks

The Hamilton Manuscripts and The Montgomery Manuscripts
were compiled by the two families during the 17th century and were most recently published as large bound volumes (in 1867 and 1869 respectively) containing around 800 pages of detailed history of the Settlement. The Ulster-Scots Agency has now republished these manuscripts as digital, facsimile, text- searchable PDF "eBooks" (shown below) which can be ordered directly from the Agency, price £10.00.

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The Thomas Raven Maps of James Hamilton’s Estates
In 1625, mainly due to boundary disputes with Montgomery, Hamilton commissioned the London cartographer Thomas Raven to map all of the Hamilton Estates. The original volume of all 76 Hamilton Raven Maps is on public display at North Down Heritage Centre, Bangor. A CD of digitised high-resolution images of each of the Raven Maps shown left) can be ordered from the Heritage Centre.

87 Digital images
each around 15mb at 240mm x 160mm at 300dpi

The Manor of Bangor
Ballydavey
Ballyrobert
Crawfordsburn
Bangor's western environs
Ballygilbert
Ballyleidy
Ballysallagh
Clandeboye and Lisbane
Bangor's western outskirts, Newtownards Road to Belfast Road
Portavogie
Bangor's eastern outskirts, Ballyholme and Ballymagee
Ballyholme, Ballymaconnell & Ballycrochan
Groomsport
Balloo Lower and Orlock
Portavo and Orlock
Ballyfotherly and Main Moss
Ballyminetragh
Ballycrochan
Conlig and Ballygrainey
Ballygrainey
Gransha
"The Great Bogg"
"The Moss"
The Copeland Islands

Holywood Lands
Castlebeg
Ballyrogan
Carrowreagh
Dunlady
Dundonald
Ballyregan
Ballycloghan
Ballymacarrett and the Mouth of the Lagan
Ballyhackamore and West Holywood
Ballymater
Ballymeghan
Knocknagoney
Holywood
Ballykeel
Cultra
The Priests Quarter
Ballygrainey
Craigavad
Ballyrussell

Comber
Comber and "Owld Comber"
Cattoge
Castle Espie
Ballydrain
Lisbane
Ringneill
Ballymartin

Dufferin
Sketrick Island
Reagh Island and Mahee Island
Ballymorran
Ringhaddy
Ringdufferin
Islandmore, Dunsy Island and Pawle Island
Ballygeegan
Killinchy
Reagh Island, Caden Point and Tullynakill
Island Taggart and Clay Lakes
Killyleagh
Lands to the South of Killyleagh
Ballytrim
Tullyveery
Toy
Clay and Lisnan
Derryboy
Ballygoskin
Ballymacreely
Balloo
Ballymacarron
Cluntagh
Ballywillan
Ballygeegan
Tullykin

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