Ballywalter
Sign in to saveBallywalter ( and Walter) is a village or townland (of ) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly known as Whitkirk as far back as the 12th century. It had a population of 2,027 people in the 2011 census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ballywalter
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ballywalter
- UK place.irish_name
- Baile Bháltair
- UK place.scots_name
- Whitkirk
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ballywalter - geograph.org.uk - 4191.jpg
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.label_position
- none
- UK place.population
- 2,027
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Ards and North Down Borough
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTOWNARDS
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Ards and North Down
- Population
- +2027
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Ballywalter - geograph.org.uk - 4191.jpg
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- P7959
- County Down
- P8168
- Chadan
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Places of interest
- History
- Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Population
- 2011 census
- 2001 census
- Religion
- Sport
- People
- Civil parish of Ballywalter
- Townlands
- See also
- References
- External links
Ballywalter ( and Walter) is a village or townland (of ) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly known as Whitkirk as far back as the 12th century. It had a population of 2,027 people in the 2011 census.
==Etymology== The name of the village is derived from the Irish Baile Bhaltair meaning ''Walter's townland. This may have been a gaelicisation of Walter(s)ton. The name Walter was common among the Anglo-Normans who began to arrive in Ireland in the late 1100s. The taxation of Pope Nicholas IV known as Taxatio Ecclesiastica and compiled in 1291–1292 refers to Rector ville Walteri de Logan'', i.e. ‘the rector of Walter-de-Logan's town’.