"The Surveyor read a letter from Messrs Fitzpatrick Bros., asking permission to name the new street on their property off Ormeau Road Shaftesbury Road, and he was instructed to communicate with the Messrs Fitzpatrick, with a view of having the name Shaftesbury Avenue substituted therefor". (17th June 1891).
Resolved. That the application of Mr. Thomas H. Torrens, on behalf of Lady Shaftesbury, to have the new street on the Ormeau Road, next Cooke Street, called Shaftesbury Avenue be granted. (24th June 1891)