Matilda Avenue, Matilda Drive and Matilda Gardens, all located in the Sandy Row area, came into being after Matilda Street (1868) was cleared in the early 1980s. Although this is speculative, they may well be part of the Sir Walter Scott theme which can be discerned in various parts of Belfast. Nearby is Oswald Park, which replaced the earlier Oswald Street (1892). Matilda Rokeby and Oswald Wycliffe are characters in Scott's narrative poem Rokeby (1813). Oswald's son, Wilfrid Wycliffe, is in love with Matilda Rokeby.
"Application of Mr. John Browne to name the new street of Blackstaff Road, ‘Matilda Street,' also the new street off Donegall Pass 'Pine Street,' was granted". (29th April 1868).