"Resolved that the 4 new streets off My Lady's Road be named Canada Street, Richardson Street, Ravenhill Street and Toronto Street" (5th May 1880).
"Ravenhill Road is a modern name and first appears in the Directory for 1890. In the 1887 Directory it appears as "Old Ballynafeigh Road,"
Up to the same time the southern portion of the Ormeau Road, from, the bridge was known as "The New Ballynafoy or Ballynafeigh Road."
Before the Ormeau Bridge was built and Ormeau Road extended to Rosetta the old road was the only way for travellers from Belfast to Saintfield and Ballynahinch.
When the designation, was changed from “Ballynafoy or Ballynafeigh Old Road" to Ravenhill Road the name was taken from "Ravenhill House", built as a residence for the trainer of his racing stud by the Marquis of Donegal!.
Ravenhill Presbyterian Church stands more or less on the site of Ravenhill House, where in bygone days the Marchioness of Donegall was a frequent visitor". (John J. Marshall, in "The Home of Three Churches, a Poet and a Theatre" in the Belfast Telegraph (10/02/41).