Developers behind the Tithebarn regeneration project are to put long-forgotten street names back on to their new map for the city.

There will also be a huge cash injection to regenerate the historic Victorian market.

Architect John Wakes, of masterplanners Building Design Partnership, said that Liverpool Street, which once ran along the side of the market, will make a comeback.

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The city centre living area where the St John's Shopping Centre now sits would be renamed Old Vicarage and a road linking Ring Way with the development would be called Church Row.

He said: "The site where Liverpool Street once ran is still there, it is just partly covered by the indoor market, and once that is demolished we will open it up into a clear road as it was back in the 1950s and 60s.

"The Old Vicarage will be a high-class living quarter in the centre of the development which will allow people to look out over historic parts of the city, such as the Harris Museum, the Town Hall and the Flag Market, which are being retained.

"We recognise the importance of retaining the historic parts of the city alongside the development which Tithebarn will bring."

He revealed that developers the Preston Tithebarn Partnership (PTP) were in talks with English Heritage on how to retain the historic parts of the Grade 1 listed markets, which have stood in the city centre since 1875.

The vision is to glaze the sides of the market, creating shop kiosks which will house cafes and small shops with market stalls behind them.

Mr Wakes said: "There will even be street barrows in the roads around there which will really bring the market back to the way it was in its heyday.

"The PTP sees the markets as the third anchor for the development."

A listed warehouse building on Lord Street, next to the city's bus station, will be retained with the view to the area around it being developed into a restaurant quarter.

Preston Council leader Ken Hudson said that the authority's planning committee would "remain divorced" from the development to enable it to effectively scrutinise every detail of the Tithebarn plans.

He said: "We are looking at a scheme that is going to put Preston on the map for 250 years, so we cannot afford to be a here today, gone tomorrow administration, we have to look long-term.

"This is going to be a scheme which is unique to Preston and we have to make sure everything our city is proud of is in it."

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