Belfast Upper
Belfast Upper
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Northern Ireland |
County | Antrim |
Belfast Upper is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[2] To its east lies the barony of and Belfast Lough, and it is bordered by five other baronies: Belfast Lower to the north-east; Antrim Upper to the north-west; Massereene Lower to the west; Massereene Upper to the south-west; and Castlereagh Upper to the south.[2] The flows through both Belfast Upper and Lower.[3] The most prominent hills in the barony are Black Hill and Lyle's Hill.[1]
List of settlements[]
Below is a list of settlements in Belfast Upper:[1]
Cities[]
- Belfast (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
Towns and villages[]
Population centres[]
- Andersonstown
- Ballysillan
- Carr's Glen
- Cavehill
- Donegall Pass
- Deerpark
- Falls
- Finaghy
- Fortwilliam
- Glenard
- Holylands
- Jennymount
- Parkmount
- Riverdale
- Sandy Row
- Seymour Hill
- Shankill
- Suffolk
- Village
- Windsor
- Whiterock
- Woodvale
List of civil parishes[]
Below is a list of civil parishes in Belfast Upper:[4][5]
- (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
- Derriaghy (also partly in barony of Massereene Upper)
- Lambeg (split with barony of Massereene Upper)
- (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
- Templepatrick (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
References[]
- ^ a b c "Belfast Upper". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ a b PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland
- ^ "Forth River". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "PRONI Civil Parishes of County Antrim". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Baronies and parishes of County Antrim". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
Categories:
- County Antrim geography stubs
- Barony of Belfast Upper
- Clandeboye