Lord Street is the main shopping street

High Street

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 of Southport

Southport

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, in Merseyside

Merseyside

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, England. It is one of the great shopping streets of Northern England

Northern England

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 and measures exactly 1 mile in length, with a roundabout marking each end of the street. There are many water features, gardens and architectural buildings along the entire street, with a mix of residential, commercial and public buildings.

Napoleon III

Napoleon III of France

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...

 lived in lodgings just off Lord Street, in 1846, before becoming Emperor of the French in 1851. Lord Street is claimed to be the inspiration behind the tree-lined boulevards

Boulevards

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 of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

with Napoleon III taking the concept to Paris. 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.

External links

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