Belfast Upper
Belfast Upper is a barony in County Antrim.[1] To its east lies the barony of Belfast and Belfast Lough, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Belfast Lower to the north-east; Antrim Upper to the north-west; Massereene Lower to the west; Massereene Upper to the south-west; and Castlereagh Upper to the south.[1] The Forth River flows through both Belfast Upper and Lower.[2] The most prominent hills in the barony are Black Hill and Lyle's Hill.[3]
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Belfast Upper:[3]
Cities
- Belfast (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
Towns and villages
Population centres
- Andersonstown
- Ballysillan
- Carr's Glen
- Cavehill
- Deerpark
- Falls
- Finaghy
- Fortwilliam
- Glenard
- Jennymount
- Parkmount
- Riverdale
- Seymour Hill
- Shankill
- Suffolk
- Whiterock
- Woodvale
List of parishes
Below is a list of parishes in Belfast Upper:[4][5]
- Ballymartin (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
- Derriaghy (also partly in barony of Massereene Upper)
- Drumbeg
- Lambeg (split with barony of Massereene Upper)
- Shankill (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
- Templepatrick (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
- ↑ "Forth River". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. http://www.logainm.ie/118030.aspx. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Belfast Upper". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. http://www.logainm.ie/61248.aspx. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ↑ PRONI Civil Parishes of County Antrim
- ↑ Baronies and parishes of County Antrim
