sentences:  The street runs southwest to northeast from Little Britain, the very start of the A1 road, the country's longest numbered road, parallel to Long Lane to the north and bordered by the Anglican church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great to the south, until it merges with Middle Street some 150 yards later.The street was originally within the precincts of the Priory of St. Bartholomew's, and until 1910 formed a separate liberty, with gates that were shut at night.Such a small area could not meet the demands of installing street lighting and sewers, and rejoined the City.