Hello Julie, There are four graveyards within Leckpatrick parish, Strabane, Co. Tyrone; the graveyard attached to St. Patrick’s Parish Church (Church of Ireland) which is relatively modern, the graveyard attached to Leckpatrick Presbyterian Church, Artigarvan, also relatively modern, the RC graveyard belonging to St. Mary’s Chapel at Cloghcor and the ancient parish graveyard (Leckpatrick Old Burial Ground – now closed) on Victoria Road (corner Leckpatrick and Ballyheather Roads). This old place of rest contains many graves, but fewer headstones: the earliest recorded is dated 1617.
Referring to the Register of Gravestone Inscriptions in Leckpatrick Old Burial Ground, Artigarvan, Strabane – David & Sheelagh Todd (1991) there are no Nickle/ Nicholl headstones. So then went to a register compiled from a disintegrating map of the graveyard (1877) and again was unable to locate a burial place of the Nickles. There is a Henry Nichol recorded on the headstone of the Gordon family of Strabane referring to him as “a faithful friend”. In 1989 the Strabane District Council erected a plaque in memory of the famed “Memory Man” Bobby Nicholl (1907-1985). Have also referred to a file of the 451 legible headstone contained within the old Camus parish Graveyard in Patrick Street, Strabane, but again, there is nothing relevant to your forebears. In the old days, folk had little money to spare for a headstone; however, all knew the location of the family burial place! My forebear, Joseph Arbuckle of Woodend died 1781 and is buried in Leckpatrick Old Burial Ground (with headstone). A relation accompanied me to the grave and mentioned that the two unmarked spaces on either side belonged to the (related) Houston family of Woodend although this is not recorded on the old map. It is most likely that the Nickles of Woodend and elsewhere in the parish had a burial place in Old Leckpatrick, but it seems almost impossible to locate it. I guess you have found my file of Woodend rentals, tithe applotment book and Griffith Valuation (1858) on CTI? http://www.cotyroneireland.com/rental/woodend.html Hope this all helps? Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: James McKane<mailto:jamck...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, 27 February 2018 10:26 PM To: Julie Louden<mailto:julesirel...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: CTI Contact Page Query Sorry I am not great on Ireland's geography. I've bcc'd a guy who may be able to help? Otherwise, please post this query to our Mailing List as someone there could no doubt help. Jim Jim McKane South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:39 AM, Julie Louden <julesirel...@gmail.com<mailto:julesirel...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello I found your web pages whilst looking into my family history in the area. My gg grandfather was Joseph Nickle from Woodend. I'm trying to locate his grave and have already been to the area and found COI and Pres graveyards with no success. However I'm led to believe there's an old graveyard in the area. I was wondering if you could give me directions to this if you know where it is. My sat nav led me a merry dance last time trying to find the other two! Many thanks Julie Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
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