Belfast Upper
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Place in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Belfast Upper
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| Location of Belfast Upper, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Location of Belfast Upper, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. | |
| Coordinates: 54°37′41′′N 6°00′50′′W / 54.6280°N 6.0139°W / 54.6280; -6.0139 | |
| 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 Belfast 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 Forth River 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
[edit ]Below is a list of settlements in Belfast Upper:[1]
Cities
[edit ]- Belfast (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
Towns and villages
[edit ]Population centres
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]Below is a list of civil parishes in Belfast Upper:[4] [5]
- Ballymartin (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
- Derriaghy (also partly in barony of Massereene Upper)
- Drumbeg
- Lambeg (split with barony of Massereene Upper)
- Shankill (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
- Templepatrick (split with barony of Belfast Lower)
References
[edit ]- ^ 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.
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