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Birkenhead Priory is a Benedictine monastic foundation established in the twelfth century on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire. The priory was founded circa 1150 and functioned as a daughter house of the Benedictine monastery at Tynemouth until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The surviving remains include parts of the conventional buildings and the church, which demonstrate the architectural character typical of medieval monastic establishments, with visible stonework representing the Romanesque period of construction. The site represents an important example of medieval religious life in the North West and retains substantial structural evidence of monastic occupation and organisation.
Birkenhead Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019159. View the official record →
Birkenhead Priory is a Benedictine monastic foundation established in the twelfth century on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019159.
Birkenhead Priory is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Edge Hill Engine Station, Liverpool & Manchester Railway (4.2 km), Bromborough Court House moated site and fishponds, Wirral (4.7 km), Storeton Hall, Bebington (4.7 km).
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