Boundary Post outside 450 Ormeau 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 East side of Ormeau Road outside 450 Ormeau Road. There is a further similar boundary post on the opposite side of the road and slightly further south, outside 1D Church Road (HB26 01 085) Of slightly tapered cylindrical profile, the post measures 3 feet high by 1ft diameter. It has a banded octagonal base, 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.