Stanley Street, Liverpool

As well as being home to numerous businesses ranging from estate agents, solicitors, bars and restaurants, there are also apartments in upper floors of some of the buildings.

During this time, a large portion of the land in the Dale Street area belonged to the Moores family of Bank Hall, Liverpool.

When their estates were sold around 1712, the Dale Street property passed into the hands of a local aristocrat: Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, the Plumbes and others.

In 1744, records held by the National Archives/Lancashire Archives show the transfer in ownership of the street between The Corporation of Liverpool and the Earl of Derby.

The land at the lower end did not originally belong to the Earl and, therefore, did not continue all the way to Frog Lane (later Whitechapel) in a straight line.

It is the location of the statue of Eleanor Rigby, designed by London musician and artist Tommy Steele.

The statue is dedicated to "All the lonely people", and was donated to the City of Liverpool in 1982 as a tribute to The Beatles.

A report for Liverpool City Council in 2011 suggested the possibility of earlier closure of Stanley Street, from 6pm onwards each day.