Owenvale Mews, Belfast
Owenvale Mews / Eachlann Ghleann na hAbhann is a short residential street laid out off Springfield Road / Springfield Park in west Belfast (BT12, Ballymurphy).
Documentary origin
The name Owenvale Mews was formally approved by Belfast City Council under the Building Control street-naming procedure. The minute of the Health and Environmental Services Committee records:
“The Committee approved the undernoted applications for the naming of streets in the City which did not conflict with existing approved street names and to which the Royal Mail had no objection:”
Proposed name: Owenvale Mews
Location: off Springfield Road / Springfield Park, BT12
Applicant: Kennedy Fitzgerald and Associates
(Health and Environmental Services Committee, Monday 14 January 2002.)
Name significance
The term "Mews" indicates a short, self-contained street within a housing development, rather than a principal through-route.
Sources
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Belfast City Council, Health and Environmental Services Committee minutes, Monday 14 January 2002, Building Control – Street Naming.