Early Belfast reconstructs the town's development from its earliest recorded mentions through the Anglo-Norman era, a Gaelic revival and the seventeenth-century Plantation up to about 1750. It traces how streets, place-names and the port grew into a regional commercial centre.

Drawing on a distinctive sequence of historical maps together with archaeological and documentary evidence, the book pieces together urban layouts, trade networks and the everyday lives of residents to present a clearer picture of pre-industrial Belfast.

Suited to students of Irish and Ulster history, local historians, genealogists and urban-history readers, the study explains the foundations that later enabled nineteenth-century industrial growth.

Key features

• Map reconstructions and street histories
• Archaeological and documentary analysis
• Chronology to c.1750 of port and commercial development
• Contextual study for later urban and industrial change

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