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Laurelvale
Irish: *Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine^[1]*
Laurelvale Irish: Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine;
	Mullavilly parish church
	Location within Northern Ireland
Population	1,288 (2011 census)
Irish grid reference	J006478
• Belfast	25.5 mi (41.0 km)
District	Armagh;
County	County Armagh;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRAIGAVON
Postcode district	BT62
Dialling code	028, +44 28
UK Parliament	Newry & Armagh;
NI Assembly	Newry & Armagh;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Armagh 54°22′08″N 6°27′05″W / 54.36876°N 6.45139°W

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Laurelvale is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside the smaller village of Mullavilly and the two are sometimes referred to as Laurelvale-Mullavilly^[2]^[3] or Mullavilly-Laurelvale.^[4]^[5] The village is three miles south of Portadown and 1.5 miles northwest of Tandragee.^[6] It had a population of 1,288 people in the 2011 census.^[7]

Name

Laurelvale is within the townland of Tamnaghvelton (formerly Tawnavaltiny, from Irish Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine, meaning 'Bealtaine field').^[1]^[8] Laurelvale was taken from the name of a mansion that was built in the 19th century. Mullavilly was named after the townland in which it lies. The name comes from Irish Mullach a' Bhile, meaning 'hilltop of the sacred tree'.^[9]^[10]

History

Laurelvale was founded in the 1850s by Thomas Sinton JP (1826–1887) to house the workers in his linen mill of Thomas Sinton & Co. Ltd, which was in the village. At its height, Sintons' Mill had over 1000 workers. The mill has since been demolished. The company remained in family ownership until 1945 when it was taken over by the Ministry of Defence and operated by Hoffmans (who made ball bearings for gun turrets). The Sinton family also ran mills and bleach-works in Tandragee, Killyleagh, Tullylish and at Ravarnet outside Hillsborough, County Down.

Thomas Sinton also built a large house in the village, Laurelvale House, which, following the Second World War, was the home of Michael Torrens-Spence, Lord Lieutenant of County Armagh. Laurelvale House has since been demolished to make way for housing development.

Schools

Mullavilly Primary School

Churches

Sport

Laurelvale F.C. has a ground in the Laurel Park area of the village. The football club currently play in the Mid-Ulster Football League Intermediate B Division.

Laurelvale Cricket Club has a clubhouse on Mullavilly Road and are currently competing in the NCU League Section 2, having just missed out on promotion in the 2015 season by way of Net Run Rate. Lee Edgar had a club record breaking season with 63 wickets winning the club's and league's Player of the Year.

Demography

2011 census

In the 2011 census Laurelvale-Mulavilly had a population of 1,288 people.^[7] Of these:

99.46% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
7.53% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 86.96% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
78.49% indicated that they had a British national identity, 5.75% had an Irish national identity and 23.68% had a Northern Irish national identity*.

2001 census

Mullavilly-Laurelvale is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,258 people living in Mullavilly-Laurelvale.

References

^ ^a ^b "Placenames Database of Ireland: Laurelvale". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ "Roads Service to deliver new traffic calming measures for Laurelvale" Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Portadown Times, 21 December 2007.
^ Armagh Area Plan 2004 Adoption Statement 1995 Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland).
^ "Roundabout on way at Laurelvale accident hot-spot" Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Portadown Times, 2 December 2008.
^ Mullavilly News, September 2010 issue Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Free Map Tools". Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Laurelvale / Mullavilly Settlement". NISRA. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Placenames NI: Tamnaghvelton". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
^ "Placenames NI: Mullavilly". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
^ "Placenames Database of Ireland: Mullavilly". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

External links

[pdi1-1] "Placenames Database of Ireland: Laurelvale". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[2] "Roads Service to deliver new traffic calming measures for Laurelvale" Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Portadown Times, 21 December 2007.

[3] Armagh Area Plan 2004 Adoption Statement 1995 Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland).

[4] "Roundabout on way at Laurelvale accident hot-spot" Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Portadown Times, 2 December 2008.

[5] Mullavilly News, September 2010 issue Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine.

[6] "Free Map Tools". Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

[2011_Census-7] "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Laurelvale / Mullavilly Settlement". NISRA. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[8] "Placenames NI: Tamnaghvelton". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

[9] "Placenames NI: Mullavilly". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

[pdi2-10] "Placenames Database of Ireland: Mullavilly". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

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-'''Laurelvale''' is a [[village]] in [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is beside the smaller village of Mullavilly and the two are sometimes referred to as Laurelvale-Mullavilly<ref>[http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roads-service-to-deliver-new-traffic-calming-measures-for-laurelvale-1-1648981 "Roads Service to deliver new traffic calming measures for Laurelvale"]. ''[[Portadown Times]]'', 21 December 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/information/foi/recent-releases/publications-details.htm?docid=461 Armagh Area Plan 2004 Adoption Statement 1995]. [[Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)]].</ref> or Mullavilly-Laurelvale.<ref>[http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roundabout-on-way-at-laurelvale-accident-hot-spot-1-1653077 "Roundabout on way at Laurelvale accident hot-spot"]. ''[[Portadown Times]]'', 2 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://mullavilly.armagh.anglican.org/Mullavilly%20News%20-%20Sept%202010.pdf ''Mullavilly News'', September 2010 issue].</ref> The village is three miles south of [[Portadown]] and 1.5 miles northwest of [[Tandragee]].<ref>[http://www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm Free Map Tools]</ref> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] Laurelvale had a population of 1,258.
+'''Laurelvale''' is a [[village]] in [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is beside the smaller village of Mullavilly and the two are sometimes referred to as Laurelvale-Mullavilly<ref>[http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roads-service-to-deliver-new-traffic-calming-measures-for-laurelvale-1-1648981 "Roads Service to deliver new traffic calming measures for Laurelvale"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232128/http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roads-service-to-deliver-new-traffic-calming-measures-for-laurelvale-1-1648981 |date=30 December 2013 }}. ''[[Portadown Times]]'', 21 December 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/information/foi/recent-releases/publications-details.htm?docid=461 Armagh Area Plan 2004 Adoption Statement 1995] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002121/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/information/foi/recent-releases/publications-details.htm?docid=461 |date=31 December 2013 }}. [[Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)]].</ref> or Mullavilly-Laurelvale.<ref>[http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roundabout-on-way-at-laurelvale-accident-hot-spot-1-1653077 "Roundabout on way at Laurelvale accident hot-spot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234744/http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/roundabout-on-way-at-laurelvale-accident-hot-spot-1-1653077 |date=30 December 2013 }}. ''[[Portadown Times]]'', 2 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://mullavilly.armagh.anglican.org/Mullavilly%20News%20-%20Sept%202010.pdf ''Mullavilly News'', September 2010 issue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235512/http://mullavilly.armagh.anglican.org/Mullavilly%20News%20-%20Sept%202010.pdf |date=2013-12-30 }}.</ref> The village is three miles south of [[Portadown]] and 1.5 miles northwest of [[Tandragee]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm |title=Free Map Tools |access-date=5 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108144055/http://www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm |archive-date=8 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It had a population of 1,288 people in the 2011 census.<ref name="2011 Census"/>
 ==Name==
-Laurelvale is within the [[townland]] of Tamnaghvelton (formerly Tawnavaltiny, {{Irish derived place name|Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine|[[Beltane|Bealtaine]] field}}).<ref name="pdi1"/><ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=18011 Placenames NI: Tamnaghvelton]</ref> Laurelvale was taken from the name of a [[mansion]] that was built in the 19th Century. Mullavilly was named after the townland in which it lies. The name comes {{Irish derived place name|Mullach a' Bhile|hilltop of the sacred tree}}.<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11600 Placenames NI: Mullavilly]</ref><ref name="pdi2">[http://www.logainm.ie/56744.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland: Mullavilly]</ref>
+Laurelvale is within the [[townland]] of Tamnaghvelton (formerly Tawnavaltiny, {{Irish derived place name|Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine|[[Beltane|Bealtaine]] field}}).<ref name="pdi1"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=18011 |title=Placenames NI: Tamnaghvelton |access-date=29 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234627/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=18011 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Laurelvale was taken from the name of a [[mansion]] that was built in the 19th century. Mullavilly was named after the townland in which it lies. The name comes {{Irish derived place name|Mullach a' Bhile|hilltop of the sacred tree}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11600 |title=Placenames NI: Mullavilly |access-date=29 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074015/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11600 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pdi2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/56744.aspx |title=Placenames Database of Ireland: Mullavilly |access-date=28 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125954/http://www.logainm.ie/56744.aspx |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==History==
 Laurelvale was founded in the 1850s by [[Thomas Sinton]] [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] (1826–1887) to house the workers in his linen mill of ''Thomas Sinton & Co. Ltd'', which was in the village.  At its height, Sintons' Mill had over 1000 workers. The mill has since been demolished. The company remained in family ownership until 1945 when it was taken over by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] and operated by ''Hoffmans'' (who made [[ball bearing]]s for [[gun turrets]]). The Sinton family also ran mills and bleach-works in [[Tandragee]], [[Killyleagh]], [[Tullylish]] and at Ravarnet outside [[Hillsborough, County Down]].
+[[File:The Schedule of rental of the estates of JOHN Earl of SANDWICH and PETER DE SALIS, in the Manor of Clare in County of Armagh, 1802.jpg|thumbnail|Schedule of rental of the estates of [[John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich|JOHN Earl of SANDWICH]] and [[Peter, 3rd Count de Salis|PETER DE SALIS]], in the Manor of Clare in County of Armagh, 1802.]]
 Thomas Sinton also built a large house in the village, ''Laurelvale House'', which, following the [[Second World War]], was the home of [[Michael Torrens-Spence]], [[Lord Lieutenant of County Armagh]]. ''Laurelvale House'' has since been demolished to make way for housing development.
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 ==Churches==
 * [[Mullavilly Parish Church]]
-* [[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Laurelvale)]]
+* [[Kilmore Parish Church]]
 ==Sport==
-[[Laurelvale F.C.]] has a ground in the Laurel Park area of the village. [[Laurelvale Cricket Club]] has a clubhouse on Mullavilly Road.
+[[Laurelvale F.C.]] has a ground in the Laurel Park area of the village. The football club currently play in the [[Mid-Ulster Football League]] Intermediate B Division.
+[[Laurelvale Cricket Club]] has a clubhouse on Mullavilly Road and are currently competing in the NCU League Section 2, having just missed out on promotion in the 2015 season by way of Net Run Rate. Lee Edgar had a club record breaking season with 63 wickets winning the club's and league's Player of the Year.
-==2001 Census==
-Mullavilly-Laurelvale is classified as a village by the [http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)] (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,258 people living in Mullavilly-Laurelvale. Of these:
-*25.0% were aged under 16 years and 12.7% were aged 60 and over
-*49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female
-*9.2% were from a [[Catholic]] background and 90.8% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
-*2.1% of people aged 16&ndash;74 were unemployed
+==Demography==
-For more details see: [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service]
+===2011 census===
+In the 2011 census Laurelvale-Mulavilly had a population of 1,288 people.<ref name="2011 Census">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Laurelvale / Mullavilly Settlement |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Laurelvale%20/%20Mullavilly@Partial%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Partial%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Laurelvale%20/%20Mullavilly@23? |website=NISRA |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> Of these:
+*99.46% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
+*7.53% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 86.96% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
+*78.49% indicated that they had a British national identity, 5.75% had an Irish national identity and 23.68% had a Northern Irish national identity*.
+===2001 census===
+Mullavilly-Laurelvale is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,258 people living in Mullavilly-Laurelvale.
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-==External links==
+==Further reading==
+*''Mullavilly - Portrait of an Ulster Parish'', by Brett Hannam, Lulu, 2010.
-*[http://www.laurelvalefc.co.uk/ Laurelvale Football Club]
-*[http://www.lnisc.co.uk/ Laurelvale Northern Ireland Supporters Club]
-*[http://www.sinton-family-trees.com/ft_main.php?rin=202 Thomas Sinton Genealogy]
-*[http://www.sinton-family-trees.com/headstones/all-names.php?id=21 Headstone Inscriptions at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church]
+==External links==
 {{County Armagh}}
+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:Villages in County Armagh]]
 [[Category:Model villages]]

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