"That on the application of Messrs H and J Martin two new streets off Ormeau Road be called Parkmore Street and Haywood Avenue as shown on plan submitted". (24th March 1886). "Resolved- That the name "Parkmore Street " be approved for a portion of street connecting Parkmore Street with Somerset Street, on the property of Martin Estates Co., Ltd, the portion of the said street having been known formerly as Somerset Street". (5th April 1938)