In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Desertcreat like this:

Desertcreat, par., E. co. Tyrone, 3 miles SW. of Cookstown, 14,398 ac., pop. 4058.

Desertcreat through time

Desertcreat is now part of MID ULSTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how MID ULSTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Desertcreat itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Desertcreat, in Mid Ulster and County Tyrone | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27668

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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