The 1868 Belfast Street Directory makes no reference to Pitt Street whereas in The Belfast And Province Of Ulster Directory 1877 there are 30 addresses listed. Pitt Street no longer exists. Pitt Place is mentioned in the 1880 Belfast / Ulster Street Directory indicating it has a number of “small houses’. Pitt Street and Pitt Place may have been called after William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) who was the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland) as of January 1801. The nearby Dr Pitt Memorial Park is named in honour of a local GP Dr John Pitt who gave dedicated service to the people of the area. Pitt Place Off Newtownards Road BT4 was proposed by Harry Rolston Architect and accepted by the Health & Environmental Services Committee on 8th October, 2008.