There is history in Belfast's street names

Thomas Carnduff

The street names in a town can often tell us much about the history of the town and that is certainly true of Belfast,

The old medieval castle is long gone but we still have Castle Place and Castle Street to remind us of the castle and its location..

Meanwhile Bridge Street marks the point where a bridge crossed the Farset River, before the river was culverted to create High Street.

One of Belfast's notables, Thomas Carnduff, certainly recognised that when he wrote in the Belfast Telegraph (29 July 1939): 'The history of Belfast is not to be found in the printed book but in the street names.  Ann Street, Joy Street, May Street, Arthur Street.  Not mere visionary names, but borne by people whose lives were linked with the progress and life of the city itself.'