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Lylehill Road, BALLYCLARE, BT39 0HL

The Lylehill Road is a minor road running from the Belfast – Nutt’s Corner/Crumlin road, at Ballyutoag, to Templepatrick village. Much of it is through higher soft ground - in this case near the old 570ft spot height. See also Image – shown above the 700ft contour on the old one-inch map.

Lylehill Presbyterian church beside the Lylehill Road Image “Lylehill was the first place in Ireland where the Seceders planted a congregation. This was not due to any suspicion of the orthodoxy of Rev. William Livingstone, the minister of Templepatrick, for he and his elder, Colonel Upton, had fought strenuously against non-subscription. The real reason appears to have been a dispute about a farm on the Upton estate which Samuel Henderson, a Lylehill man of some local influence, desired to have, but which Colonel Upton leased to Mr. Livingstone's son. In 1744, the people of Lylehill placed themselves under the care of the Associate Presbytery, and two years later Mr. Isaac Patton was ordained.” A quotation from: Presbyterian Church in Ireland” by Rev Prof Dr John M Barkley MA, Ph D, DD, FR Hist S – published by the Publications Board of the Presbyterian Church. More information here http://lisburn.com/books/history-presbyterian/history-presbyterian-1.html. Last seen in Image (November 2005).

VR wall box (BT39 61) “Walker’s pub” mounted in the gate post of Lylehill Presbyterian church Image

Located at 96 Lylehill Road, Templepatrick. Townland of Ballynabarnish.