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Ballabeg
Ballabeg (Manx: Balley Beg) is a village on the Isle of Man. It is in the parish of Arbory in the sheading of Rushen, in the south of the island near Castletown. There are several small villages and hamlets with the name, although Ballabeg in Arbory is the most well-known and populous.
The name Ballabeg derives from the Manx Balley Beg which means "small homestead"; although the spelling is different, it is pronounced approximately the same as the English name. The village has previously been recorded on Ordnance Survey maps simply as the village of 'Arbory'. The parish church and school still use this name. There was a small farm with the name 'Ballabeg' but the location of this farm is not certain. At some point in the late 19th or early 20th century the name 'Ballabeg' was applied to the whole village.
The village first grew up around the site of a 13th-century Franciscan friary at Bemaken, the only Franciscan church on the Isle of Man. William de Montecute, 1st Earl of Salisbury and King of Mann, petitioned Pope Urban V to build a Franciscan friary on the island. The Pope granted permission for the construction of a "church or oratory, with a bell tower, bell, cemetery, houses and other necessary offices" for a small community of 12 friars. The friars came from Ireland rather than England. The friary was dedicated to Saint Francis and was built around 1373. It was dissolved in 1540 under King Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Very little remains of the original friary other than the chapel, which is now in use as a barn.
For much of the history of the village, the community was primarily based around agriculture. In recent years with construction of modern housing estates, many inhabitants of the village now commute daily to Douglas.
The village consists of mostly residential property and had a tiny shop and Post Office, but this closed in April 2006 and was demolished for rebuilding in January 2009. The single-storey shop has been replaced with a two-storey building.
The village is situated on the main A7 that connects Ballasalla with Port Erin in the south-west of the island. There are also B roads that join the main road at the village. The village is served by Bus Vannin routes 1, 11, and 12.
The Billown Circuit course that is used for the Southern 100 motorcycle road-race passes by the village at the hairpin junction at the A28 Castletown to Ballabeg road.
The village is served seasonally by the Isle of Man Railway, a heritage steam train railway. There is a request stop at Ballabeg station. The station consists of a small wooden hut which provides shelter for waiting passengers. There is another station with the same name, but serving a different village, on the Manx Electric Railway to the north.
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Ballabeg
Ballabeg (Manx: Balley Beg) is a village on the Isle of Man. It is in the parish of Arbory in the sheading of Rushen, in the south of the island near Castletown. There are several small villages and hamlets with the name, although Ballabeg in Arbory is the most well-known and populous.
The name Ballabeg derives from the Manx Balley Beg which means "small homestead"; although the spelling is different, it is pronounced approximately the same as the English name. The village has previously been recorded on Ordnance Survey maps simply as the village of 'Arbory'. The parish church and school still use this name. There was a small farm with the name 'Ballabeg' but the location of this farm is not certain. At some point in the late 19th or early 20th century the name 'Ballabeg' was applied to the whole village.
The village first grew up around the site of a 13th-century Franciscan friary at Bemaken, the only Franciscan church on the Isle of Man. William de Montecute, 1st Earl of Salisbury and King of Mann, petitioned Pope Urban V to build a Franciscan friary on the island. The Pope granted permission for the construction of a "church or oratory, with a bell tower, bell, cemetery, houses and other necessary offices" for a small community of 12 friars. The friars came from Ireland rather than England. The friary was dedicated to Saint Francis and was built around 1373. It was dissolved in 1540 under King Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Very little remains of the original friary other than the chapel, which is now in use as a barn.
For much of the history of the village, the community was primarily based around agriculture. In recent years with construction of modern housing estates, many inhabitants of the village now commute daily to Douglas.
The village consists of mostly residential property and had a tiny shop and Post Office, but this closed in April 2006 and was demolished for rebuilding in January 2009. The single-storey shop has been replaced with a two-storey building.
The village is situated on the main A7 that connects Ballasalla with Port Erin in the south-west of the island. There are also B roads that join the main road at the village. The village is served by Bus Vannin routes 1, 11, and 12.
The Billown Circuit course that is used for the Southern 100 motorcycle road-race passes by the village at the hairpin junction at the A28 Castletown to Ballabeg road.
The village is served seasonally by the Isle of Man Railway, a heritage steam train railway. There is a request stop at Ballabeg station. The station consists of a small wooden hut which provides shelter for waiting passengers. There is another station with the same name, but serving a different village, on the Manx Electric Railway to the north.