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Welcome to Culcavy
Both spellings of “Culcavy” and “Culcavey” are in use. The former is favoured by Lisburn City Council on this sign, at the Hillsborough end of the former mill village, close to Abercorn Park.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 8 Jun 2011
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Vacant house, Culcavy, Hillsborough
Vacant and boarded-up house, on the Culcavy Road opposite Abercorn Park, awaiting redevelopment.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 24 Dec 2011
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Central reservation gap, Hillsborough bypass (4)
A gap, between the Culcavey Road flyover and the roundabout, originally intended (I think) to serve the field in the background. The southbound carriageway is in the foreground.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 2 Oct 2010
0.21 miles
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Culcavy mill (site of), Culcavy (2)
The mill has gone but is remembered in the name of this housing development
Image (shown as Theodore Street on the large-scale Google map).
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 8 Jun 2011
0.21 miles
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Letter box, Culcavy, Hillsborough
Post-mounted EIIR letter box, at Coachman’s Way on the Culcavy Road.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 24 Dec 2011
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Biblical message, Culcavy
On the Culcavy Road, one of two attached to the tree on the left in
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Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 24 Dec 2011
0.22 miles
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Culcavy mill (site of), Culcavy (1)
A housing development called “The Old Mill” now occupies the site of the former Hillsborough Linen Company. The business seems to have traded from 1866 to 1966 initially as the Hillsborough Woollen Company before changing its name in 1871. The mill pond survives, albeit as private property, and is visible from the main road. See also
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Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 8 Jun 2011
0.23 miles
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Flyover, Hillsborough (2)
The flyover carrying the Hillsborough bypass across the Culcavy (also Culcavey) Road. The view is towards Hillsborough with Belfast to the left.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 8 Jun 2011
0.24 miles
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The Culcavy Road, Culcavy
The Culcavy Road, Culcavy looking towards Newport, just past the site of the former mill. The row on the left is Ogle Terrace. Ogle is a common surname in this part of Co Down.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 8 Jun 2011
0.25 miles
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Roundabout signs, Hillsborough bypass
Two signs, beside the northbound carriageway, on the approach to the Hillsborough roundabout
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Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 2 Oct 2010
0.25 miles