"Resolved that John Thompson, of Great Victoria Street be permitted to name a street marked A on plan submitted off Elm Street, Donegall Pass 'Prospect Street' and to name a street marked B adjoining(?) the end of street marked A 'Vernon Street.' (29th September 1869). Vernon Street according to Patton was developed “piecemeal” between 1869 and 1887. He states: “this was claimed to be one of the longest continuous terraces of brick houses in Europe".