In Belfast’s early urban development, the term Bridge End was used descriptively for the cluster of streets, houses, and commercial premises situated immediately at the townward end of the Long Bridge (later replaced by Queen’s Bridge and then other crossings). This was a common naming practice in Ireland and Britain: a settlement or street at the terminus of a major bridge was often literally called Bridge End, Bridgefoot, Bridgegate, or Bridge Street.
"Resolved that the application of Mr. Chas. Ritchie to have the name of Roper’s Row changed to “Khartoum Street” be granted". (15 October 1884). This street was close to Bridge End.