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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Cookstown like this:
Cookstown.-- market town and township with ry. sta., Derryloran par., NE. co. Tyrone, 53 miles W. of Belfast and 158 miles NW. of Dublin by rail -- township, 187 ac., pop. 3870; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. The mfr. of linen is the staple industry; there are also extensive bleachworks, with flax and corn mills. The seat of Killymoon Castle adjoins the town.
Cookstown 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 Cookstown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cookstown, in Mid Ulster and County Tyrone | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29606
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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