Cookstown
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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
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Coat of arms with a silver knight's helmet crowned by flames from which arises a firebird. Below the helmet, a shield bears two red right gloves beside a simple castle, above icons of twin bundles of flowers and a gear. A banner with the word FORWARD unfurls below the shield. Leaf-like decoration extends from the helmet, as a surround.
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.belfast_distance
- 47 miles
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Mid Ulster
- UK place.population
- 12,546
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- H8178
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- COOKSTOWN
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT80
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Ulster
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- Mid Ulster
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Tyrone
- UK place.official_name
- Cookstown
- UK place.irish_name
- An Chorr Chríochach
- UK place.scots_name
- Cookestoun or Cookstoon
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 10646
- Official website
- www.midulstercouncil.org
- Image
- Cookstown looking north.jpg
- Dialing code
- 028
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- Commons category
- Cookstown
- postal code
- BT80
- P12749
- Gerhard M. Sessler
- native label
- An Chorr Chríochach
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22 sectionsContents
- History
- Places of interest
- Climate
- Politics
- Townlands
- Cookstown townland
- Sport
- Motorcycling
- Gaelic Football
- Association Football
- Hockey
- Demography
- 19th century population
- 2021 Census
- 2011 Census
- 2001 Census
- Education
- Healthcare
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
==History== thumb|right| alt=Four-lane street busy with vehicle traffic, with a central island, wide sidewalks, with two-story houses. In the distance, the 1700 ft mountain, Slieve Gallion. |The main street, looking north. Slieve Gallion is in the background.
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