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Stewartstown, small market town with ry. sta., Donaghenry par., E. co. Tyrone, 7 m. NE. of Dungannon, pop. 823; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. Bleaching and flax-spinning are carried on. Stewarts-town derives its name from Sir A. Stewart, who received a grant of the surrounding district from James I. Stuart Hall, seat of the Earl of Castle-Stuart, is 3 miles to the NE. of the town.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Tyrone County |
| Place: | Stewartstown |
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