# Tithebarn Street > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tithebarn_Street > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tithebarn_Street.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithebarn_Street > Source revision: 1322288373 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{For|the street in Lancashire|Tithebarn Street, Poulton-le-Fylde}}{{Short description|Road in Liverpool, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use British English|date=May 2024}} {{infobox street | name=Tithebarn Street, Liverpool | marker_image= | location=[Liverpool city centre](/source/Liverpool_city_centre) | image= Tithebarn Street 2019.jpg | caption=Tithebarn Street in 2019, the old Exchange Station can be seen on the left | map_type=United Kingdom Liverpool Central | map_caption= | coordinates = {{Coord|53.4092|-2.9904|region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | known_for=Offices, shops, pubs | postal_code=L2 }} '''Tithebarn Street''' is a road in [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), [England](/source/England). Situated in the city centre, it runs between [Chapel Street](/source/Chapel_Street%2C_Liverpool) and the junction of Great Crosshall Street and Vauxhall Road and is part of [Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter](/source/Knowledge_Quarter%2C_Liverpool). ==History== The street was one of the original seven streets that made up the medieval borough founded by [King John](/source/John%2C_King_of_England) in 1207, together with [Water Street](/source/Water_Street%2C_Liverpool), [Castle Street](/source/Castle_Street%2C_Liverpool), [Chapel Street](/source/Chapel_Street%2C_Liverpool), [Old Hall Street](/source/Old_Hall_Street), [High Street](/source/High_Street%2C_Liverpool) and [Dale Street](/source/Dale_Street).{{cite news |last1=Bona |first1=Emilia |title=How Liverpool went from seven streets to global superpower |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/how-seven-streets-became-mega-16349573 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=3 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228134752/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/how-seven-streets-became-mega-16349573 |url-status=live }} Originally, the street was known as Moor (or Moore) Street before its name was changed to the present day name.{{cite news |last1=Grimsditch |first1=Lee |title=12 original Liverpool street names and reasons why they changed |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/12-original-liverpool-city-centre-21237348 |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=7 August 2021 |language=en}} Records show a barn being built in 1523 by Sir William Molyneux on the corner of the street where it meets Cheapside.{{cite web |title=BBC - Liverpool Local History - |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/scouse/city/street_facts.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=24 May 2024}} The barn was used to store [tithe](/source/tithe)s, but eventually fell out of use, being converted into shops when it passed out of the hands of the Molyneux family.{{cite book |author=Young, Young, & Muir |title=Bygone Liverpool |date=1913 |publisher=Henry Young and Sons}}{{rp|79}} Parts of the barn survived into the early 1900s. Up until the mid-1820s, the street had been quite narrow.{{rp|44}}. An Act of Parliament was passed which allowed Liverpool Corporation to widen the street, along with [Dale Street](/source/Dale_Street), [Lord Street](/source/Lord_Street%2C_Liverpool) and James Street. The work was headed by architect [John Foster](/source/John_Foster_Jr_(architect)). May 1850 saw the opening of a railway station, which would come to be known as [Liverpool Exchange](/source/Liverpool_Exchange_railway_station).{{harvnb|Welbourn|2003|p=79}} Jointly owned by the [Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway](/source/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway) and the [East Lancashire Railway](/source/East_Lancashire_Railway_1844%E2%80%9359), the station had ten platforms at its peak. However, the [Beeching cuts](/source/Beeching_cuts) proved to be the death knell of the station and, with mainline services moved to [Liverpool Lime Street](/source/Liverpool_Lime_Street), it closed in April 1977.{{Harvnb|Butt|1995|p=144}} Local services were moved to the nearby [Moorfields railway station](/source/Moorfields_railway_station) with the creation of [Merseyrail](/source/Merseyrail). The frontage of the station was preserved and turned into office space, known as [Mercury Court](/source/Mercury_Court). The street was the scene of a brutal murder in 1874, known as the 'Tithebarn Street Outrage' when Robert Morgan, a dock worker, was kicked to death in front of his wife and brother.{{cite news |last1=Koncienzcy |first1=Rebecca |last2=Clements |first2=Max |last3=Grimsditch |first3=Lee |title=The historic gangs that terrorised Liverpool's streets |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpools-historic-brutal-street-gangs-18533991 |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=4 July 2020 |language=en}} Morgan was killed by members of Liverpool's notorious Cornermen gang when he refused to hand over ale money to 17-year-old gang member, John McCrave.{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Olivia |title=Liverpool's notorious gangs who reigned terror on the city |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/notorious-gangs-who-terrorised-liverpool-28209490 |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=3 December 2023 |language=en}} During World War 2, Tithebarn Street and the area around it suffered extensive damage from the Blitz and required considerable rebuilding.{{cite news |last1=Hadfield |first1=Charlotte |title=Liverpool's hidden history that will change how you see the city |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/20-historic-buildings-reveal-liverpools-18009252 |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=8 November 2020 |language=en}} The rail route to Exchange railway station was damaged by the bombing and parts of the roof of the station had to be demolished.{{cite web |title=Disused Stations: Liverpool Exchange Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/liverpool_exchange/index.shtml |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |access-date=24 May 2024}} In 1970, the Churchill Way Flyovers were opened, linking Tithebarn Street and Dale Street to [Lime Street](/source/Lime_Street%2C_Liverpool).{{cite news |last1=Thorp |first1=Liam |title=After the flyovers: What next for Churchill Way demolition site |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/after-flyovers-what-next-churchill-20903830 |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=27 June 2021 |language=en}} Built as part of an inner-city ring road project that was never fully completed, the flyovers were demolished in 2019 having been deemed unsafe. In April 2005, popular Liverpool sculpture ''[Superlambanana](/source/Superlambanana)'' was moved to the street.{{cite news |title=Superlambanana moves to new home |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/4441473.stm |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=13 April 2005}} ==Knowledge Quarter== Tithebarn Street is home to several university buildings and along with the surrounding streets is a popular site for student accommodation.{{cite web |url=https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/1tkbedcv/01-liverpool-local-plan-main-document.pdf |title = Liverpool City Council - Local Plan 2013-2033 |access-date=24 May 2024}} [Liverpool John Moores University](/source/Liverpool_John_Moores_University) (LJMU), has facilities on the road dating back from when it was Liverpool Polytechnic.{{cite web |title=The growth in vocational education |url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/history/1970-1992-liverpool-polytechnic |website=www.ljmu.ac.uk |access-date=24 May 2024 |language=en}} LJMU's library, [Avril Robarts Library](/source/Avril_Robarts_Library), is situated on the street. ==References== {{reflist}} == Bibliography == {{refbegin}} *{{citation|last=Butt|first=R.V.J.|title=The Directory of Railway Stations|year=1995|publisher=Patrick Stephens|isbn=1-85260-508-1}} *{{cite book|first=Nigel|last=Welbourn|title=Lost Lines: LMR|publisher=Ian Allan|year=2003|orig-year=First published 1994|isbn=9780711022775|oclc=863421456}} {{refend}} {{Roads in Liverpool}} Category:Streets in Liverpool --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tithebarn Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithebarn_Street) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithebarn_Street?action=history)). 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