Barnoak Lane is a short residential lane located off Barnett’s Road in east Belfast, within the historic Ballycloghan area. It forms part of a small residential development accessed from Barnett’s Road.
The name Barnoak Lane was formally approved by Belfast City Council in 2004. The approval appears in the minutes of the Health and Environmental Services Committee meeting held on Monday, 9 February 2004, under the heading “Street Naming”. The Committee approved the name following an application by Circular Developments, with the location recorded as “off Barnetts Road”.
The origin of the name “Barnoak” is not explained in the committee minutes or in other surviving documentary sources. No clear connection with a historic field name, building, or local family has yet been identified, and the name appears to have been selected by the developer rather than derived from an earlier topographical or historical feature.
• Street type: Residential lane
• Area: Ballycloghan, east Belfast
• Postcode district: BT5
• Accessed from: Barnett’s Road
• Year approved: 2004
• Applicant: Circular Developments
• Belfast City Council, Health and Environmental Services Committee Minutes, 9 February 2004
• Belfast Telegraph, Thursday 22 April 2004 (property advertisement)