sentences:  In 1610 Sir Thomas Phillips was granted 13,100 acres of land at Limavady which included an O’Cahan castle.He commenced the building of the ‘Newtown of Limavady’ which was laid out in a cruciform road pattern.Newtown Limavady was incorporated, with the appointment of a Provost and 12 Burgesses, on 31 March 1613 with a charter granted by King James I.