Gracehill is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8500°, -6.3333°.

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Gracehill

Gracehill in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Gracehill is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Gracehill is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies about 1.9 miles from Ballymena and is in the townland of Ballykennedy (from Irish: Baile Uí Chinnéide). It is part of the Borough of Mid & East Antrim. The village is unique in Ireland as a Moravian planned settlement. The name Gracehill reflects the religious aspirations of the founders. There were also similarly named settlements in other countries, for example Gracehill in the United States. Gracehill was granted UNESCO World Heritage site status in 2024.

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The town now known as Gracehill was originally a plot of land in the Ballykennedy townland that was ruled by Lord O'Neill. Gracehill was established as a Moravian planned settlement in 1746 by Reverend John Cennick. Lord O'Neill agreed to lease about 200 plantation acres of land to Reverend John Cenwick which was divided into smaller portions among the Moravian settlers (otherwise known as the Brethren). The Moravian settlers were German-speaking Protestants. The building of Gracehill began on April 26, 1763. The Reverend John Cenwick had received much push-back in attempting to start building the settlement from the original tenants that Lord O'Neill had removed from the site. O'Neill had…

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