Generally only "arable" land {land that produced an income for the tenant} was included in the Tithe Books . All land, arable, pasture, forest, mountain, water, roads etc was included in the later Griffiths Valuation, hence the variation that you have found. best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > To: cotyroneireland-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:39:29 +1000 > Subject: [CoTyIre] Changes to townalnd size > From: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com > > Hi > > > > Could anyone tell me why the size of a townland (Bodoney) in the parish of > Kilskeey would have changed between the date of the tithe (1826) and > Griffiths valuation (1860 I think)? I know the tithe was done in Irish > acres so I converted the Irish acres in Bodoney to British acres and was > left was an area of around 260 acres in the tithe and 500 acres in > Griffiths. > > > > I'm curious to know why this would have occurred and was it widespread. > > > > Regards > > Kerrie > > Australia > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message