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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Lagan like this:
Lagan.-- river of Ulster province; rises in mid. co. Down under Slieve Croob mountaim, flows NW. past Dromore to the vicinity of Magheralin, then turns NE., and, passing Lisburn and tracing the boundary between cos. Antrim and Down, falls into Belfast Lough at the town of Belfast; length about 35 miles. The river is navigable for barges of 50 tons to a point 2 miles above Lisburn, where the Lagan Canal begins and continues the navigation past Moira to Lough Neagh, the entire navigable distance being 28½ miles.
Lagan is now part of LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lagan itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lagan, in Lisburn and Castlereagh and County Down | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29304
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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