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Tithebarn Street
Tithebarn Street is a road in Liverpool, England. Situated in the city centre, it runs between Chapel Street and the junction of Great Crosshall Street and Vauxhall Road is part of Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter. History The street was one of the original seven streets that made up the medieval borough founded by King John in 1207, together with Water Street, Castle Street, Chapel Street, Old Hall Street, High Street and Dale Street. Originally, the street was known as Moor (or Moore) Street before its name was changed to the present day name. Records show a barn being built in 1523 by Sir William Molyneux on the corner of the street where it meets Cheapside. The barn was used to store tithes. Parts of the barn survived into the early 1900s. May 1850 saw the opening of a railway station, which would come to be known as Liverpool Exchange. Jointly owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the East Lancashire Railway, the station had ten platforms at its peak. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool City Centre
Liverpool city centre is the administrative, commercial, cultural, financial and historical centre of Liverpool and the Liverpool City Region, England. There are different definitions of the city centre for urban planning and local government; however, the boundary of Liverpool city centre is broadly marked by the inner city districts of Vauxhall, Everton, Edge Hill, Kensington and Toxteth. At the 2023 United Kingdom local elections, the population of Liverpool city centre was 36,770 based on the five electoral wards that officially make up the city centre. Over 6 million people live within an hour of Liverpool City Centre. In 2022, there were almost 80 million visits to the City Centre. Liverpool was granted borough status in 1207, and the original seven streets of the settlement now form part of the central business district of Liverpool city centre. Many of Liverpool's most famous landmarks are located in the city centre. In 2019, Liverpool was the fourth most visi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire And Yorkshire Railway
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company before the Railways Act 1921, 1923 Grouping. It was Incorporation (business)#Incorporation in the United Kingdom, incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern England (after the Midland Railway, Midland and North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom), North Eastern Railways). The intensity of its service was reflected in the 1,650 steam locomotive, locomotives it owned – it was by far the most densely-trafficked system in the British Isles with more locomotives per mile than any other company – and that one third of its 738 signal boxes controlled junctions averaging one every . No two adjacent stations were more than apart and its 1,904 passenger services occupied 57 pages in ''George Bradshaw#Bradshaw.27s railway timetables, Bradshaw'', a number exceed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avril Robarts Library
The Avril Robarts Library (formerly the Avril Robarts Learning Resource Centre (LRC)) is one of the two designated libraries belonging to Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in Liverpool, England. It stands at 79 Tithebarn Street and serves the City Campus located mostly on Byrom Street. Its award-winning, Tithebarn building was designed by architects Austin-Smith:Lord, and built in 1997. To its front, is the Superlambanana, a sculpture of Liverpool. The building is alternatively known locally by students as, the Tithebarn (after the building) or (Super)lambanana building (after the statue in front). The university library has a gross floor area of , larger than the other library of the university, the Aldham Robarts Library, and the former IM Marsh library. The four-storey building contains 308 personal computers alongside countless books and online catalogues that cater mainly to the students of the Faculties of Science, Engineering and Technology and Education, Heal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public university, public research university in the city of Liverpool, England. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, established in 1823. This later merged to become Liverpool Polytechnic. In 1992, following an Further and Higher Education Act 1992, Act of Parliament, the Liverpool Polytechnic became what is now Liverpool John Moores University. It is named after Sir John Moores, a local businessman and philanthropist, who donated to the university's precursor institutions. The university had students in , of which are undergraduate students and are postgraduate, making it the List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrollment, largest university in the UK by total student population. It is a member of the MillionPlus, the NCUK, Northern Consortium and the European University Association. History Origins Founded as a small mechanics institution (Liverpool Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superlambanana
''Superlambanana'' is a bright yellow sculpture in Liverpool, England. Weighing almost and standing at tall, it is intended to be a cross between a banana and a lamb and was designed by New York City-based Japanese artist Taro Chiezo. It stands in Tithebarn Street, outside the Avril Robarts Library of Liverpool John Moores University. It was previously located on Wapping near the Albert Dock. Chiezo created only a four-inch model; the full-size replica was made by local artists Andy Small, Julian Taylor, Tommy Reason, and Ray Stokes. Developed for the 1998 ArtTransPennine Exhibition, the sculpture reflects the history of Liverpool, as both sheep and bananas were historically common cargos in the city's docks; it is also a comment on the potential dangers of genetic engineering. In 2008, as part of Liverpool's year-long position as the European Capital of Culture, 125 miniature replicas were created. Sponsored by local community organisations and businesses in the city, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lime Street, Liverpool
Lime Street in Liverpool, England, was created as a street in 1790. Its most famous feature is Liverpool Lime Street railway station, Lime Street railway station. It is part of the William Brown Street conservation area. History The street was named for lime Kiln, kilns owned by William Harvey, a local businessman. When the street was laid out in 1790 it was outside the city limits, but by 1804 the lime kilns were causing problems at a nearby infirmary. The doctors complained about the smell, and so the kilns were moved away, but the street name remained unchanged. With the arrival of the railway line in 1836, the street moved from a marginal to a central location in the city, a position that confirmed by the creation of St George's Hall, Liverpool, St George's Hall, on the side of the street opposite the railway station, in 1854. Wellington's Column, a monument to the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington was built to mark one end of the street, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Court
Exchange Station is a large office building on Tithebarn Street in the business district in Liverpool City Centre, Liverpool. History The fascia of the building is formed from the frontage of the former Liverpool Exchange railway station, designed by architect Henry Shelmerdine. The railway station opened in 1850 and closed in 1977, with mainline services switching to Liverpool Lime Street and local services moving to Moorfields Moorfields was an open space, partly in the City of London, lying adjacent to – and outside – its London Wall, northern wall, near the eponymous Moorgate. It was known for its marshy conditions, the result of the defensive wall acting a .... The new build office block of Mercury Court was built in 1985 by Kingham Knight, on the site of the old station's platforms. In 2013 it was subject to a £5 million redevelopment and renamed ''Exchange Station''. References Bibliography * * {{refend Buildings and structures in Liverpool Forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merseyrail
Merseyrail is a commuter rail network which serves Merseyside and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire in the North West England, North West of England. Merseyrail serves 69 Railway station, stations, 67 of which it manages, across two lines – the Northern line (Merseyrail), Northern line and the Wirral line. The network uses electrified lines having of routes, of which are underground. Since January 2023, Merseyrail commenced replacing its train fleet, withdrawing the British Rail Class 507, Class 507 and British Rail Class 508, 508 trains and introducing 53 new British Rail Class 777, Class 777 trains. The network carried 28.3 million passengers in the 2023/2024 statistical period. The concession to operate Merseyrail is held by Merseyrail Electrics 2002, a joint venture between Serco and Transport UK Group (formerly Abellio (transport company), Abellio UK). The concession is awarded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and is overseen by Merseytravel, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorfields Railway Station
Moorfields railway station is an underground railway station in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The station is situated on both the Northern and Wirral Lines of the Merseyrail network. It is the third-busiest station on the Merseyrail network, and the largest underground station. It is also the only station on the network having services to all other Merseyrail stations. History The station was built in the 1970s, as a replacement for Liverpool Exchange railway station, opening on 2 May 1977. The station was opened by British Rail and is accessed via entrances at Moorfields and on the corner of Old Hall Street and Tithebarn Street. The Old Hall Street entrance is open from only 5:30 am until 7 pm on weekdays. Services from the north had previously terminated at nearby Liverpool Exchange terminus station. The newly created north–south crossrail Northern Line runs through Moorfields. Liverpool Exchange was closed and the line extended underground to the new Moor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Lime Street is a railway station complex located on Lime Street, Liverpool, Lime Street in Liverpool city centre. Although publicly a single, unified station, it is operationally divided into two official railway stations: Liverpool Lime Street High Level, the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool and the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world; and Liverpool Lime Street Low Level, an underground Wirral line station (part of the List of underground stations of the Merseyrail network, Merseyrail network) connected to the main terminal building by a pedestrian subway below street-level. Despite their operational distinctions, both stations are integrated from a passenger perspective, sharing signage, access points and overall station identity. Lime Street High Level is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail, while Lime Street Low Level is managed directly by the train operator, Merseyrail. A branch of the West Coast Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeching Cuts
The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. They are named for Dr. Richard Beeching, then-chair of the British Railways Board and the author of two reports''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes'' (1965) that set out proposals for restructuring the railway network, with the stated aim of improving economic efficiency. The first report identified 2,363 stations and of railway line for closure, amounting to 55% of stations, 30% of route miles, and the loss of 67,700 British Rail jobs, with an objective of stemming the large losses being incurred during a period of increasing competition from road transport and reducing the rail subsidies necessary to keep the network running. The second report identified a small number of major routes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lancashire Railway 1844–59
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification of both da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
