"That Mr R Potts of North Street be informed in reply to his letter received on 27th inst that the Committee cannot approve of the name Rosemount Avenue for his new street off Antrim Road and Cavehill Road it not being fifty feet wide but have approved of the name Rosemount Street for it". (29th June 1892).
The minutes of the Town Improvement Committee of 26 May 1897 indicate approval of a change of name from Rosemount Street to Rosemount Gardens – the application was made by the “owners”. [A number of residents of Rosemount Street attended the Improvement Committee on 19th May 1897 to request their street be renamed Rosemount Gardens or Avenue. They were informed they had to obtain the written consent of the ground Landlord Mr Roberts Potts and they would have to pay the cost of the new name signs. Mr Potts agreed and the name was changed. Minutes, Improvement Committee, 19th May 1897]. OS (Second edition) 1846-1862