The Cliftonville Road area originally was to be named as “Cliftonville Garden Village“. According to Carson, the architect Thomas Jackson is reported to be have been so impressed by the residential area of Bristol called Clifton, that he decided to introduce the name to Belfast. In the Belfast Street Directory of 1839 there is an entry that says: “William Herdman, Esq residence, Cliftonville”. See Cliftonville Road for further details of this name.
"Resolved – That the names Cliftonville Parade and Cliftonville Drive be approved for new streets off Cliftonville Road on the property of Mr. W. R. Neill". (19th August 1930).