Tracing a houses history.

_Brian

My wife’s home house has come into our ownership and we’re starting a refurbishment.

We were wondering what maps or resources would be out there to see how long it’s been standing/recorded. Her family are recorded there in the 1854 Griffith valuation but the spoken history puts them there well before that, and they purchased the house from a family who ran a flax and corn mill locally. Spoken record puts the house at 1750’ish

Any ideas appreciated

magicbastarder

Have you looked at the six inch maps on geohive?

_Brian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121974602#Comment_121974602

Yes, it’s shown on that map.
what date would that be from ?

magicbastarder

Six inch dates from the 1830s or thereabouts IIRC.

_Brian

wonder is there any source farther back that could be checked ?

Donald Trump

https://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000282687

Also the likes of Rocque's maps. Here is a page with some links

https://libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/intro

https://libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/mapshistIreland

If you want to go way back. you can always check whether Ptolemy marked in the gaff back in the day

kildarejohn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121976090#Comment_121976090

Perhaps worth checking the Registry of Deeds; deeds usually relate more to land, but might mention a house if it is large or belongs to wealthy person. Best to search by Townland name. You will find some discussion on Genealogy forum. See https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/185720?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122039072#Comment_122039072

There's no distinction between land and houses; from a legal point of view houses are just part of the land, and buying a house is, in reality, buying a block of land that has a house on it. So if, in the past, the land on which your house stands was not included in the land registry system, then sales, purchases, gifts, etc of that land (with the house on it) will have been registered in the registry of deeds.