A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis (1837)

Table ID:

LEWIS_IRELAND     (1251304)

Contents:

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis (1837)

Approx. number of rows:

3,939

Table type:

Gazetteer

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 1837.

Sources:

1. This table comprises the entire contents of A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate, market and post towns, parishes and villages with historical and statistical descriptions, Samuel Lewis, 1837.
2. This digital version was obtained from the LibraryIreland.com project in 2010.

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Checking:

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
lewis_ireland_pkey	Primary key	g_seq
lewis_ireland_idx		g_header

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Constraints:

The table has the following associated constraints:

Constraint	Type	Details
lewis_ireland_pkey	Primary Key	See details above for primary key index

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
g_seq	Integer number.	Sequence number created on loading, to keep the entries in the correct order.
g_text	Long text.	The full text of the entry, marked up as HTML.
g_header	Text string (max.len.=260).	The first part of the entry, containing the geographical name or names.
g_ft_text	Text string (max.len.=124).	The portion of the entry, immediately following the header, which describes the type of feature covered by the entry, such as 'a parish'.
county_name_1	Text string (max.len.=28).	The name of the first county named in the entry as containing the place or geographical feature.
county_name_2	Text string (max.len.=28).	The name of the second county named in the entry as containing the place or geographical feature, if present.
barony_name_1	Text string (max.len.=28).	[No description available]
barony_name_2	Text string (max.len.=28).	[No description available]
is_xref	Text string (max.len.=6).	'Y' if the entry appears to be purely a cross-reference, and 'N' otherwise. This flag is set based on the length of the entry and the presence of '.—See ' near the end.
is_parish	Integer number.	Flag based on type of feature: 2 if currently a parish, 1 if formerly a parish, otherwise null.
is_borough	Integer number.	Flag based on type of feature: 2 if currently a borough, 1 if formerly a borough, otherwise null.
is_city	Integer number.	Flag based on type of feature: 2 if described as a city, otherwise null.
is_barony	Integer number.	Flag based on type of feature: 2 if described as a barony, otherwise null.
is_county	Integer number.	Flag based on type of feature: 2 if described as a county, otherwise null.