.First appears: 1819 BGCD
Queen Street – The 1808 Belfast Street Directory contains this reference: “McMillan, Neill, muslin manufacturer, Queen Street” which means Queen Street is not called after Queen Victoria who was not born until 1819. The editor surmises the street may have been named in honour of Charlotte, the Queen Consort, wife of George III. Queen Street is included in the list of streets in the Belfast Directory 1831-1832. The 1839 edition of Martin’s Belfast Directory lists people living here. According to Foreman in her book on street names in Glasgow, Queen Street is called after Queen Charlotte.