Patton believes it can be identified on a 1819 map of Belfast. It is featured in Henderson’s 1850 edition of the Belfast Street Directory – there are three addresses recorded. A surmise: could this street have been called after Sir John Hope (https://bit.ly/3HOeRbG) who was appointed in 1812 Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, the title of the commander of the British forces in Ireland. Hope Street in Glasgow is called after him. (Foreman). The minutes of the Town Improvement Committee indicate this: “Resolved that the application of Messrs Fitzpatrick the owners of the property on the north side of Mill Lane for liberty to have the new street formed in improvement of Mill Lane called ‘Hope Street’ be granted". 2nd December 1863.