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Map of the Rural and Urban Districts of Northern Ireland in 1967. The urban and rural districts of Northern Ireland were created in 1899 when the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 came into effect. They were based on the system of district councils introduced in England and Wales four years earlier.
Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1]
The Down Arts Centre, located in the former Downpatrick Town Hall Inch Abbey Quoile Castle, near Downpatrick Steam locomotive O&K No. 1 operating at the Downpatrick and County Down Railway Ballyalton Court Cairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Ballyalton village, which is 2.25 miles (3 ...
Crossgar is on the main A7 road, 5 miles (8 km) north of Downpatrick and 16 miles (26 km) south of Belfast, and on the B7 minor road between Ballynahinch and Killyleagh. The village is served by Ulsterbus route 15 and 215 Downpatrick to Belfast. Crossgar railway station opened on 23 March 1859, but finally closed on 16 January 1950. [5]
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Cable Bar, Ballyhornan Road. Ballyhornan is home to Cable Bar, which underwent a facelift is 2009. The local landmark takes its name from the undersea telecom cable that runs from the Cable House in Ballyhornan across to the Isle of Man. Cable Bar is a friendly and relaxing pub that has served the local community and visitors for many years and continues to do so.
Killough (/ k ɪ ˈ l ɒ x / ki-LOKH; from Irish Cill Locha, meaning 'church of the loch') [1] [2] is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.It lies on the Irish Sea shore near Ardglass, five miles southeast of Downpatrick.
The BT postcode area, also known as the Belfast postcode area, [2] covers all of Northern Ireland and was the last part of the United Kingdom to be coded, between 1970 and 1974. [ citation needed ] This area is a group of 82 postcode districts in Northern Ireland, within 44 post towns and around 47,227 live postcodes.