Parliamentary Boundary Post, Outside 1D Church Road, Belfast

A cast iron administrative marker showing the outer extent of the jurisdiction of Belfast Corporation (as Belfast City Council was then known), and of Ormeau District Electoral Division and Ward within it. Embedded in the footpath on the West side of Church Road outside 1D Church Road, close to where is joins Ormeau Road. There is a similar boundary post on the opposite side of the Ormeau road outside 450 Ormeau Road (HB26 01 072) Of slightly tapered cylindrical profile, the post measures 3 feet high by 1ft diameter. It has a banded octagonal base, now largely concealed by the build up of tarmac on the footpath, an oversailing octagonal collar, supported on a splayed dentil casting and a slightly smaller spoked cap. The front bears the shield of Belfast’ Corporation’s coat of arms, below which is an attached plaque reading ‘PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY OF BELFAST ORMEAU DIVISION ORMEAU WARD 1918’ The plaque is secured to the post with four countersunk screws.