Gilford (Northern Ireland)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Gilford (Northern Ireland)
Other forms of name
Magill's Ford (Northern Ireland)
Coordinates
W0062000 W0062000 N0542200 N0542200 (geonet )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 124793036
Wikidata: Q2442269
Library of congress: nr2003000939
Sources of Information
  • GEOnet, Jan. 10, 2003(Gilford, United Kingdom; PPL, 54°22ʹN, 006°20ʹW)
  • Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland and Lawrencetown, 2002:p. 3 (Gilford was originally known as Magill's Ford after the Magill family of Gill Hall, Dromore)
  • The survey gaz. of the British Isles, 1904(Gilford, small town, NW co. Down, on r. Bann, 4 m. NW of Banbridge)
  • GEOnet, Jan. 10, 2003(Gilford, United Kingdom; PPL, 54p0s22'N, 006p0s20'W)
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Wikipedia description:

Gilford is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village sits on the River Bann between the towns of Banbridge, Tandragee and Portadown. It covers the townlands of Loughans, Ballymacanallen and Drumaran. It had a population of 1,957 people in the 2021 census. Gilford is in the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district.

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