Lindsay Way
Location: Donegall Pass
Date named: c. 1980s
First directory appearance: post-1970s
Origin of name: Named to preserve the heritage of the former Lindsay Street
Lindsay Way was created during late-20th-century inner-city redevelopment in the Donegall Pass / Shaftesbury Square district. After the demolition of much of Lindsay Street and the adjoining terraces, new cul-de-sacs and housing schemes were constructed on cleared land. The name “Lindsay Way” was chosen to commemorate the earlier street and maintain continuity with the area’s heritage, while the suffix Way signalled a new layout within the redeveloped plan.
Located off Donegall Pass (postcode BT7), the street consists largely of modern terraced and social housing dating from the 1980s. Although distinct from its 19th-century predecessor, Lindsay Way continues the Lindsay name in Belfast’s street map, linking today’s community with the city’s industrial and residential past.
See also: Lindsay Street
Sources:
Belfast street directories (post-1970s)
Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan and York Street Interchange policy documents
Geograph and StreetCheck entries for BT7 1TS
History Hub Ulster – Lindsay Brothers
UCL Parading Culture report
Local housing redevelopment records