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St Mary's Tower on the grounds of Birkenhead Priory.

Birkenhead Priory is in Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It is the oldest standing building on Merseyside.[1] The site comprises the medieval remains of the priory itself, the priory chapter house, and the remains of St Marys church. All three are recorded in the National Heritage List for England, though at different grades.

  1. ^ Wirral Borough Council: Birkenhead Priory, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, archived from the original on 19 June 2010, retrieved 18 June 2010

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Birkenhead Priory

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3°0′41″W / 53.38944°N 3.01139°W / 53.38944; -3.01139 Birkenhead Priory is in Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It is the oldest standing building...

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Birkenhead

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population of 88,818. Birkenhead Priory and the Mersey Ferry were established in the 12th century. In the 19th century, Birkenhead expanded greatly as a...

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Wirral Peninsula

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Port Sunlight and the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead. The historical sites include Birkenhead Priory, Leasowe Lighthouse, Hadlow Road railway station...

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Listed buildings in Birkenhead

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be found in separate lists. Birkenhead did not develop as a town until the 19th century. Before that, a Benedictine priory was established in the 1170s...

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Merseyside

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Grade I Listed Building Bidston Hill and Bidston Windmill Birkenhead Park Birkenhead Priory Fort Perch Rock Hamilton Square Hilbre Island Lady Lever Art...

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Mersey Ferry

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under the "Mersey Ferries" brand. In about 1150, the Benedictine Priory at Birkenhead was established. The monks used to charge a small fare to row passengers...

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Scheduled monuments in Merseyside

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Sherdley Works Wayside cross, Crosby Hall St Catherine's Chapel, Lydiate Birkenhead Priory "The Calderstones: six monoliths decorated with rock art, Non Civil...

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Birkenhead Town Hall

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representing Edward I's visit to Birkenhead Priory in 1277. Despite the abolition of the County Borough of Birkenhead on 1 April 1974, the building continued...

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List of oldest buildings in the United Kingdom

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Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2008. "Houses of Austin canons: Priory of St Mary of Merton". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2. Retrieved...

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River Mersey

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introduced in medieval times by monks from Birkenhead Priory. They transported travellers or accommodated them at the priory in bad weather. Countless people died...

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List of monastic houses in Merseyside

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Bromborough Monastery Birkenhead Priory Birkenhead Priory Hilbre Island Monastery The following is a list of the monastic houses in Merseyside, England...

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Mersey Railway

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River Mersey between Birkenhead on the west bank and Liverpool on the east since the Middle Ages. In 1332 the monks of Birkenhead Priory were granted exclusive...

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List of monastic houses in England

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Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. The sites are listed by modern (post-1974) county...

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Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station

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Mersey named after the monks at Birkenhead Priory. For most of its life, the station was part of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, a joint railway. The...

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Saughall Massie

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from the settlement of Mascey near Avranches, Normandy, established Birkenhead Priory in 1150. His relations, the Masseys of Sale, settled on the Wirral...

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Sir John Tobin

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1802, from the Egerton family. The Hall was part of the old land of Birkenhead Priory: Tobin acquired it from Francis Richard Price, in 1834–5 High Sheriff...

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Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

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by Albert Joseph Moore. Listed buildings in Claughton, Merseyside Birkenhead Priory Morris, Edward (2001). Public Art Collections in North-west England...

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Richard Gillings

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Priest in charge of St Thomas' Church, Stockport and then Rector of Birkenhead Priory. From 1993 to 2005 he was Vicar of Bramhall. Finally, he was Archdeacon...

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Grade I listed buildings in Merseyside

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Remains of Birkenhead Priory...

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List of museums in Merseyside

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Liverpool, closed to the public in 2010 Shore Road Pumping Station, Birkenhead Steamport Southport, Southport, also known as Southport Railway Museum...

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Cammell Laird Shipyard occupation

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Geoffrey Howe had used antiquated law originating from the monks of Birkenhead Priory hundreds of years before. Police arrested 37 men who were sentenced...

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Diocese of Chester

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of Birkenhead. The suffragan See of Stockport was created in 1949 and was the sole suffragan bishopric in the diocese until the See of Birkenhead was...

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Listed buildings in Merseyside

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listed in total including: Birkenhead Priory Hamilton Square (the country's largest group of Grade I buildings) Birkenhead Priory (part) St Peter's Church...

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Birkenhead Town railway station

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district near Birkenhead Priory. Birkenhead Town station closed on 7 May 1945, although the line continued in use until 1967 when Birkenhead Woodside closed...

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List of works by Edmund Kirby

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al. 2011, pp. 135–136. Historic England, "Chapter house chapel at Birkenhead Priory (1375893)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December...

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