Lord Street

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Lord Street is the main shopping street in the English town of Southport.

It is one of the great shopping streets of Northern England along with Grey Street in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Lord Street is even claimed to be the inspiration behind the tree-lined boulevards of Paris.^{[verification needed]}

Napoleon III briefly lived on Lord Street,^{[citation needed]} the main thoroughfare of Southport, before becoming Emperor of the French in 1851. During his reign, he caused much of the medieval centre of Paris to be replaced with broad tree lined boulevards, covered walkways and arcades, just like Lord Street. On the strength of this coincidence, it has been suggested that the redevelopment may have been inspired by memories of Southport's town centre.

[edit] See also

• William Sutton (Southport)

[edit] External links

• Lord-Street.com - The history of the street with dates and maps.