Hillhall

Hillhall

Hillhall is a non-nucleated village in County Down, Northern Ireland, near Lisburn. In the 2001 Census it had a population of about one hundred people. It lies in the Lagan Valley Regional Park and the Lisburn City Council area. Hillhall Presbyterian Church is a listed building.

People

The ancestors of writer Iris Murdoch farmed at Hillhall for seven generations, they had about fifty acres leased from the Marquis of Downshire and a further ten acres from the Hertford estate. Today the family burial plot can still be found in Derriaghy Parish Churchyard.

References

* [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information System]
*Draft Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015
* [http://www.lisburn.com/history/memories/iris_murdoch.htm Iris Murdoch and Hillhall]

External links

* [http://www.presbyterianireland.org/congregations/hillhall.html Hillhall Presbyterian Church]

See also

*List of villages in Northern Ireland
*List of towns in Northern Ireland


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