Heatley and Dixon refer to Orangefield being originally the home of the Batesons of Belfast. Source: Belfast Scenery In Thirty Views 1832 (1983). Publisher: Linen Hall Library Illustrators:Edward K. Proctor, Joseph Molloy. Contributors:Fred Heatley, Hugh Dixon. It had previously been called Grand Parade.
"The Assistant Surveyor submitted letter, dated 4th inst., from Messrs. Crawford & Lockhart, Solicitors, on behalf of the Blakiston-Houston Estate, requesting that the name Grand Parade recently approved by the Committee for a street on the Blakiston-Houston Estate be changed to Orangefield Crescent. Resolved - That the request be acceded to". (19th August 1930).