During Nicholas Bagenals time in Newry he oversaw the formation of divisions in the town, there were, "two almost totally distinct parts: an English settlement on the left bank, and an Irish hamlet, Ballybot, on the right bank of the river..." (Bagenal, 1915,  p.9) Ballybot aptly means in Irish, 'poor town'.

These divisions are illustrated in the map above which dates from this period.