This street takes its name because it was here calico was calendered, that is smoothed and ironed. A calender is a series of hard pressure rollers used to finish textiles or a sheet of other material such as paper, rubber or plastics. According to Patton, the street was well established by the time 1791 map was produced. John Danville started his distiller’s business in Callender Street. The Northern Whig, at number six, was published here in the middle of the 19th century. It is included in the list of streets in the Belfast Directory 1831-1832.