Exploring County Down with my camera, one townland at a time
Ballylisbredan and Ballyoran becoming Coopers Mill and Millmount Village
This page is the first step in a larger project recording changes to the townlands of Ballyoran and Ballylisbredan.
Only sign of the townland name of BallylisbredanNew housing estate Millmount Village in BallylisbredanMillmount Village Drive signThe entrance to Millmount Village is to the left of this imageView of old Millmount house from new Millmount VillageSign at junction of Millmount Road and Greengraves RoadBethesda photographed from Greengraves Road in October 2014Aerial photo of Ballyoran Mills printed and framed, hanging in Cooper family home.Coopers Mill Avenue built on the site of Ballyoran MillsPlan for Greengraves Gate noted ‘opening formed in existing hedge linking site path to future site’
New homes using townland name of BallyoranMillmount Road crosses three townlands: Ballymaglaff, Ballylisbredan and Ballyoran.White line still visible at the abandoned junction of the Millmount Road and the A22 Belfast to Comber Road.Beginning of landscaping of the mill green in September 2019Construction site for Greengraves GateName stone for Bethesda, photographed from Greengraves Road in October 2014Hoarding advertising new homes at Coopers Mill in 2013In 2010 the line of the Barrack Hill lane behind the ploughed field was marked by gorse and hedgesA path has been cut through the Barrack Hill lane as marked on the plan for Greengraves Gate