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Aristocrats & Gentry

  1. A Visitation of Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, (1852-3) See Hugh Montgomery-Massinberd Burke's Family Index (Burke's, 1976) for a composite index; also covers 4 - 7 below.
  2. Bence-Jones, Mark Burke's Guide to Country Houses, Vol 1, Ireland, , Burke's 1978 A clear guide to families who owned particular houses.
  3. Burke's Commoners of Great Britian and Ireland (3 vols),1837
  4. Burke's Extinct Peerages ..., (1831), 5 subsequent editions.
  5. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom ..., (1826), 106 subsequent editions.
  6. Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britian and Ireland (4 vols), Subsequent editions 1858, 1863, 1871, 1879, 1886, 1894, 1898, 1937; (Irish supplement).
  7. Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, Subsequent editions 1904, 1912, 1958.
  8. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage (1852), Many subsequent editions.
  9. Leet Ambrose A Directory to the Market Towns, Villages, Gentlemen's Seats and other Noted Places in Ireland, , 1812, 1814 NLI Ir 9141 l 10 Shows country houses and their owners
  10. Taylor and Skinner Road Maps of Ireland, (1778, repr. IUP 1969) NLI Ir 9414 t 1. Shows homes of gentlemen along the major routes through the country; the surnames are alphabetically indexed
  11. The Post-Chaise Companion through Ireland, (1783). Descriptions of journeys along the main coach roads, including the names of country houses and their owners' surnames NLI.
  12. Walford, E The County Families of the United Kingdom, Chatto & Windus, 1877. Subsequent editions annually.