Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Cookstown
Also known as: An Chorr Chríochach
Cookstown in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Cookstown is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Cookstown is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth-largest town in the county and had a population of 12,546 in the 2021 census. It, along with Magherafelt and Dungannon, is one of the main towns in the local government district of Mid Ulster. It was founded around 1620 when the townlands in the area were leased by an English ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr. Alan Cooke, from the Archbishop of Armagh, who had been granted the lands after the Flight of the Earls during the Plantation of Ulster. It was one of the main centres of the linen industry west of the River Bann, and until 1956 the flax-related processes of spinning, weaving, bleaching and beetling were carried out in the town.
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Background
History
In 1609 land was leased to an English ecclesiastical lawyer, Dr Cooke, who fulfilled the covenants entered in the lease by building houses on the land. In 1628, Charles I granted Letters Patent to Cooke permitting the holding of a twice-weekly market for livestock and flaxen goods. In 1641, the native Irish revolted against the Planters in a bloody rebellion and the town was destroyed. Nash also designed the Rectory at Lissan for the Rev John Molesworth Staples in 1807. With the establishment of Gunning's Linen Weaving Mill, with over 300 looms, Cookstown developed in the 19th century as the local centre of the linen trade. Two railways established terminus railway stations at Cookstown -…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6470, -6.7450
- District
- Mid Ulster
- Postcode
- BT80 8NB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Ulster
- Official site
- www.cookstown.gov.uk
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cookstown?
- Cookstown is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT80 8NB).
- Is Cookstown free to visit?
- Yes, Cookstown is free to enter.
- How do I get to Cookstown?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT80 8NB. It sits within the Mid Ulster parliamentary constituency.