"That Mrs Gregg be informed that the Committee do not see their way to recommend the Council to change the name of Willowbank Street to Willowbank Gardens". (3rd July 1895).
The name Willowbank features in the OSNI Historical First Edition (1832 -1846) map. In the 1863-1864 BPUD the name Patrick Kinnear occurs - he is described as a linen yarn merchant and living at Willow Bank, Antrim Road. The surmise is that the street name comes from this property.
Dean refers to Willowbank Cottage pre 1832 which was according to him direclty opposite the old entrance and lodge to Beechmount porter's accommodation built by Sharman Moore.
The minutes of the Town Improvement Committee of Belfast Corporation on 23 May 1894 indicate the naming of Marsden Street and Willowbank Gardens off the Cavehill Road.
"Submitted memorial from the property owners and residents in Willowbank Street requesting that the name of the street be changed to Willowbank Gardens. Resolved – That although the areas on each side of the street are not 15 feet wide as required by the Committee’s previous resolution on the subject, and as the adjoining streets which were laid out previous to the passing of the resolution referred to were styled “Gardens”, the application be granted under the circumstances". (4th November 1924)
"That on the application of the owner, Mrs Gregg, two new streets on her property situate off Cavehill Road be named Marsden Street and Willowbank Street". (2nd May 1894).
"That Mrs Gregg be informed that the Committee do not see their way to recommend the Council to change the name of Willowbank Street to Willowbank Gardens". (3rd July 1895).