IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Knockwood Park, BELFAST, BT5 6GB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Knockwood Park, BT5 6GB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (24 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Biblical poster, Belfast
Quotation alongside the Knock dual carriageway.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 1 Apr 2011
0.05 miles
2
The Knock Road, Belfast (16)
The inward carriageway of the Knock Road, approaching the crest before the end of the present stretch of dual carriageway.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 15 Aug 2011
0.05 miles
3
The Knock Road, Belfast (4)
See Image The view, from near Knockmount Park, towards the Glen Road and The Braniel. My understanding that is that this stretch of existing dual carriageway (with what seems to be narrower than usual lanes) will also be widened with better provision for traffic turning right. Continue to Image
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 1 Apr 2011
0.07 miles
4
The Knock Road, Belfast (1)
The Knock Road, south of the Sandown Road lights, on the approach to the start of the dual carriageway. Continue to Image
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 18 Jan 2010
0.13 miles
5
The Knock Road, Belfast (5)
See Image The view in the direction of the Sandown and Upper Newtownards Roads, at the petrol station, where there is provision for a combined footpath and cycle lane.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 1 Apr 2011
0.13 miles
6
Gravestone, Knock Burial Ground
The grave of one Agnes Murphy along with 4 of her unnamed children. The inscription records that:
"Here lieth the body of Agnes Murphy otherways McClatworthy
of Gillinahirk who departed this life the
17th May 1798 aged 41 years
Also 4 of hir children".
Gillinahirk would once have been a townland to the east of Belfast; today it is part of the city and is known as Gilnahirk.
Image: © Rossographer
Taken: 11 Sep 2011
0.13 miles
7
Gravestone, Knock Burial Ground
Gravestone for 3 generations of the Watson family of Ballymacarrett. James Watson died, aged 70, on the 30th December 1803; his grandson George died, aged 6 years, on the 10th October 1845 and his son, also called James, is also mentioned (details obscured).
Image: © Rossographer
Taken: 11 Sep 2011
0.14 miles
8
Grave marker, Knock Burial Ground
The foundry inscription on the cast iron grave marker seen in Image showing that it was cast by the Ulster Foundry.
Image: © Rossographer
Taken: 11 Sep 2011
0.14 miles
9
Grave marker, Knock Burial Ground
Cast iron grave marker for a William Gelston of Belfast who died in 1857. No other details are recorded but a William Gelston is listed in the 1852 Belfast Street Directory as a "merchant and tobacconist" of 40 Tomb Street / 8 Great George's Street in Belfast. These cast iron markers appear to have become popular in the mid 19th Century - this one includes the foundry mark on the reverse - see Image
Image: © Rossographer
Taken: 11 Sep 2011
0.14 miles
10
Gravestone, Knock Burial Ground
Gravestone for 5 member of the Best family. Parents George (died 6th May 1948) and Eliza (died 23rd January 1951) tragically outlived their 3 sons.
David Best died on the 23rd October 1918 and James on the 24th February 1921.
A third son, Henry, was killed at the evacuation of Dunkirk on the 28th of May 1940. Henry, aged 25, was a 'Driver' in the 3 Searchlight Regiment of the Royal Artillery; he is buried in St James Cemetery, Dover, Kent.
Image: © Rossographer
Taken: 11 Sep 2011
0.14 miles