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Castle Street Mews, BALLYMENA, BT43 7FH

The Elim Movement in Ballymena began in 1916 with services originally held in the old Town Hall. The current building on Castle Street dates from 1975 with additions and refurbishments in 1997, 2004 and 2009. https://www.thechurchpage.com/2016/01/26/ballymena-elim-celebrates-100-years-of-witness/

Ballymena Parish Church was consecrated in 1855. It was totally destroyed by a fire in 1879 but rebuilt along the same lines and re-opened in 1881. It is famed for having the only peel of twelve bells in Northern Ireland. For more details see the church website: http://www.stpatricksballymena.co.uk/

This is the oldest Presbyterian Church in the Ballymena area. It is also one of the oldest in Northern Ireland having been established by members of the Scottish Kirk who came during the Plantation of Ulster. The first Presbyterian minister to serve in the church back in 1627 was Rev George Dunbar. Church website: https://www.firstballymena.org/

Looking up Castle Street towards St Patrick's Church. The George VI postbox BT43 6 in the foreground is a "Priority Postbox".

George VI pillar box (BT43 6 / BT43 7BT) on Castle Street, Ballymena.

GVIR pillar box in Castle Street.

The building bears the dates 1684 - 1928. A Market House had been built here in 1684 and traded for over a century until it was gutted by fire during the 1789 Rebellion. By the mid 1800s the town's market had relocated, making way for Ballymena's first Town Hall which was built on the site, only to fall victim to fire 60 years later. The foundation stone for the new building was laid in 1924 and it opened in 1928. In recent years, the building has been restored and extended as a combined museum and arts centre, called the Braid.

See Image The same mural, at the corner of Bridge Street and North Street, in 1982. This photograph appears as a matter of record only and does not express any political or sectarian opinion.