Belfast Upper is a

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

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. To its east lies the barony of

Belfast Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...

and

Belfast Lough Belfast Lough () is a large sea inlet on the east coast of Northern Ireland. At its head is the city and port of Belfast, which sits at the mouth of the River Lagan. The lough opens into the North Channel and connects Belfast to the Irish ...

, and it is bordered by five other baronies:

Belfast Lower Belfast Lower is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. To its east lies the east-Antrim coast and Belfast Lough, and it is bordered by four other baronies: Belfast Upper to the south, Carrickfergus to the east, Antrim Upper to the we ...

to the north-east; Antrim Upper to the north-west; Massereene Lower to the west; Massereene Upper to the south-west; and

Castlereagh Upper Castlereagh Upper (named after the former barony of Castlereagh) is a historic barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1841 with the division of Castlereagh into two. It is bordered by eight other baronies: Castlereagh Lower an ...

to the south. The Forth River flows through both Belfast Upper and Lower. The most prominent hills in the barony are Black Hill and Lyle's Hill.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Belfast Upper:

Cities

(split with barony of Belfast Lower)

Towns and villages

* Lambeg * Milltown *

Templepatrick Templepatrick (; ) is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is northwest of Belfast, and halfway between the towns of Ballyclare and Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim. It is also close to Belfa ...

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: * Ballymartin (split with barony of Belfast Lower) *

Derriaghy Derriaghy, (; also known as Derryaghy), (), is a townland (of 538 acres) and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, south-west of Belfast city centre. The townland is situated in the historic barony of Belfast Upper and the civil pari ...

(also partly in barony of Massereene Upper) * Drumbeg * Lambeg (split with barony of Massereene Upper) * Shankill (split with barony of Belfast Lower) *

(split with barony of Belfast Lower)

References

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