This takes its name from a very influential family – the Hamill family. Michael Hamill was a butcher in Hercules Street – later to become Royal Avenue. He bought land in some of the areas around Belfast including Upper Falls. His son John who married in 1828 also bought land. He and his wife Hannah had nine children – two boys and seven girls. John’s son Arthur was the leading land owner in the area and was responsible for building Trench House in 1880. The 1877 Belfast / Ulster Street Directory records Arthur Hamill living at Trench House.