Upperlands

Upperlands
Upperlands is located in Northern Ireland
Upperlands
Upperlands
Location within Northern Ireland
Population561 (UK 2011 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
County Londonderry
54°52′37″N 6°38′37″W / 54.8769°N 6.6437°W / 54.8769; -6.6437

Upperlands (from Irish Áth an Phoirt Leathain, meaning 'ford of the broad (river) bank'[2]) 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,[3] and is situated within Mid-Ulster District. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 561 people.

  1. ^ Logainm – Upperlands
  2. ^ Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
  3. ^ "Upperlands". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 16 April 2015.