What is recorded here
William Babington arrived in Coleraine, County Derry, joining a lineage whose name means a settlement of the people or followers of Ba or Babba. That ancient Saxon or Celtic root crossed the sea into Anglo-Irish soil, linking distant English hamlets to this northern Irish town. The boy likely carried no warning about the distance between a Cheshire chapel and a Derry birthplace, yet he entered the world inside that much older human connection.
Why this person is known: physician and mineralogist (1756-1833)
- Birthplace
- Coleraine
Places near here
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EARLY MONASTIC SITE & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST. PATRICK'S in ColeraineEARLY MONASTIC SITE & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST. PATRICK'S · 537 yd
THE CITADEL: 17th century Fortification in Coleraine AND SuburbsTHE CITADEL: 17th century Fortification · 899 yd
Millennium MilepostVisitor information · 1033 yd
Somerset ForestForest · 1.6 mi
Castleroe WoodWood · 2.0 mi
CASTLE & SETTLEMENT SITE (unlocated) in GlebeCASTLE & SETTLEMENT SITE (unlocated) · 3.0 mi
Quilley Picnic AreaPicnic place · 3.2 mi
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYWILLIN in GlebeCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYWILLIN · 3.9 mi
Portstewart StrandBeach / strand · 4.3 mi
CASTLE (unlocated; O.S. memoir site) CASTLE AN TEENIE in PortrushCASTLE (unlocated; O.S. memoir site) CASTLE AN TEENIE · 4.7 miOther information
Photo: W. T. Fry after J. Tannock · Public domain