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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Maghera like this:
Maghera.-- market town and par. with ry. sta., E. co. Londonderry, 44 miles NW. of Belfast and 152 miles NW. of Dublin - par., 21,755 ac., pop. 8861; town, pop. 1124; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-days, Tuesday and Friday. Maghera has considerable trade in linens and sewed muslins. The town was burnt by the insurgents in 1641, and was assaulted by the Irish adherents of James II.
Maghera 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 Maghera itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Maghera, in Mid Ulster and County Londonderry | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29004
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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