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

Inch, par., mid. co. Down, on river Quoile, 2 miles N. of Downpatrick, 6509 ac., pop. 1442; has remains of a Cistercian abbey, at Inniscourcy, in Lough Strangford.

Inch through time

Inch is now part of NEWRY MOURNE AND DOWN District. Click here for graphs and data of how NEWRY MOURNE AND DOWN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Inch itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Inch, in Newry Mourne and Down and County Down | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27845

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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