Bilston Road

Bilston Road runs between the Ballysillan Road and Crumlin Road. Today the name is Bilston but in the street directories at the start of the 20th century there is a Billstown above Loughview Street. This Billstown would have been named after a person or family whose surname was Bill and indeed there was a Bill family living at Billstown in the middle of the 19th century. The name of the road is therefore probably a variant of Billstown. From the blog of Nelson McCausland. The 1967 Belfast Street Directory lists Bilston Road.