Upperlands
Sign in to saveUpperlands () is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated 3 miles north east of Maghera. It lies within the civil parish of Maghera, the historic barony of Loughinsholin, and is situated within Mid-Ulster District. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 561 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- Upperlands
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Upperlands
- UK place.irish_name
- Áth an Phortáin
- UK place.static_image
- Old Mill, Upperlands - geograph.org.uk - 858040.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The old mill in Upperlands, looking southwest
- UK place.population
- 561
- UK place.population_ref
- (UK 2011 census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Mid Ulster
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- MAGHERA
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT46
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Londonderry
- Population
- +561
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- County Londonderry
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- Ricardo Wolf
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- Early history
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- 2011 Census
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Upperlands () is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated 3 miles north east of Maghera. It lies within the civil parish of Maghera, the historic barony of Loughinsholin, and is situated within Mid-Ulster District. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 561 people.
==History== ===Name=== Upperlands takes its name from the townland of the same name (a townland of 568 acres) in which part of it lies (the rest lies in the townland of Tirgarvil (a townland of 435 acres). The townland of Upperland gets its name from the garbled pronunciation of the Irish Áth an Phoirt Leathain. This has historically been anglicised as Aghfortlany, Aportlaughan, Apportlane, Amfordlan, Ampurtain and Ampertaine.