"The committee have named eight new streets off the West side of Ormeau Road: Mornington Street, Zetland Street, Gosford Street, Gosford Place, Powerscourt Street, Belmore Street, Bagot Street, and Essex Street". From the minutes of the Town Improvement Committee, reported in the Belfast Weekly News on Saturday 05 September 1874. The name Powerscourt Street is no longer in use, there is however Powerscourt Place in the same vicinity.