The History of Birkenhead and Bidston

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ISBN 13 : 9781479362363
Total Pages : 396 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of Birkenhead and Bidston by : Tony Franks-Buckley

Download or read book The History of Birkenhead and Bidston written by Tony Franks-Buckley and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Birkenhead & Bidston is a historical introduction in to the industrial town of Birkenhead and the village of Bidston. Birkenhead is Wirral's best known industrial area, famed for centuries for its maritime trade and commercial activity. The name Birkenhead derives from the Old English 'birchen' which translated into' birch trees on a headland'. This of course refers to the area known today as Woodside which in ancient times was a large piece of land filled with Birch trees that jutted out into the river Mersey. Although today many people consider Birkenhead the centre of Wirral's economy, it is only in recent years that this area has become heavily populated and the hub of Wirral industry. Prior to the 1800's there was very little in Birkenhead to talk about other than the old priory, a ferry house and a sparce population. Birkenhead had a meagre population of 110 people in 1801 suggesting that very little trade or activity went on in this area. Within the short period of 50 years and thanks to some very clever town planners, the population had rocketed to over 8000 residents sparking the boom which transformed Birkenhead in to a busy industrial town. Bidston is a suburb of Birkenhead, situated on the Wirral Peninsula. Bidston also holds many treasures such as the hidden tunnels beneath Bidston Hill, the Bidston Observatory and the Tam O'Shanters farm. In modern days it is a mixture of the well-preserved Bidston Village, Bidston Hill, the industrial estate Bidston Moss and a modern housing estate. This book will give an insight in to the historical areas of Birkenhead & Bidston and will bring back memories of those who were born and lived in the town that is home to the first public park in the world. The town of Cammell Laird ship builders that was second to none. Step back in time and remember the great areas of Birkenhead & Bidston

The History of the Hundred of Wirral

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Total Pages : 540 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of the Hundred of Wirral by : William Williams Mortimer

Download or read book The History of the Hundred of Wirral written by William Williams Mortimer and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Birkenhead History Tour

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Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445685280
Total Pages : 68 pages
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Book Synopsis Birkenhead History Tour by : Ian Collard

Download or read book Birkenhead History Tour written by Ian Collard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket-sized, illustrated history tour around Birkenhead highlighting places of interest and showing how the town has changed across the centuries.

Birkenhead and the Wirral

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ISBN 13 : 9780750928885
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Book Synopsis Birkenhead and the Wirral by : Cliff Hayes

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The History of the Hundred of Wirral

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Total Pages : 530 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of the Hundred of Wirral by : William Williams Mortimer

Download or read book The History of the Hundred of Wirral written by William Williams Mortimer and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Birkenhead literary & scientific society, 1857-1907 [ed. by R.S. Marsden].

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Total Pages : 264 pages
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Book Synopsis History of the Birkenhead literary & scientific society, 1857-1907 [ed. by R.S. Marsden]. by : Birkenhead literary and scientific society

Download or read book History of the Birkenhead literary & scientific society, 1857-1907 [ed. by R.S. Marsden]. written by Birkenhead literary and scientific society and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bidston Observatory

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Publisher : Countyvise
ISBN 13 : 9781901231687
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Book Synopsis Bidston Observatory by : Joyce Scoffield

Download or read book Bidston Observatory written by Joyce Scoffield and published by Countyvise. This book was released on 2006 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history, work and staff over the entire life of the Bidston Observatory.

History of Ancient and Modern Birkenhead

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Total Pages : 368 pages
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Book Synopsis History of Ancient and Modern Birkenhead by : Philip Sulley

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Birkenhead and Its Surroundings

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Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5874616144
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Book Synopsis Birkenhead and Its Surroundings by : Henry Kelsall Aspinall

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The History of the County Palatine of Chester

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Total Pages : 756 pages
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Secret Wirral

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ISBN 13 : 9781445653419
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Secret Wirral by : Les Jones

Download or read book Secret Wirral written by Les Jones and published by Secret. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Wirral's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Birkenhead and Its Surroundings, Topographical, Biographical, Autobiographical, Anedotical, and Whimsical ...

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Total Pages : 432 pages
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Download or read book Birkenhead and Its Surroundings, Topographical, Biographical, Autobiographical, Anedotical, and Whimsical ... written by Henry Kelsall Aspinall and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Wirral

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Total Pages : 234 pages
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Book Synopsis A History of Wirral by : Stephen Roberts

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Haunted Wirral

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ISBN 13 : 9781515169826
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Book Synopsis Haunted Wirral by : Tom Slemen

Download or read book Haunted Wirral written by Tom Slemen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wirral which Tom Slemen writes about in this fascinating book is a peninsula of ghosts, phantoms, spectres, doppelgangers, premonitions, reincarnations, astral voyages to another world and timeslips. The cases in Haunted Wirral confirm the old adage that truth really is stranger than fiction. Most ghost story books about Wirral include the same old weathered yarns about Mother Redcap's ghost and the spectres of smugglers, but the mysterious peninsula proved to be a stranger place than even Tom Slemen took it to be, with 51 tales weirder than anything found within the books of Stephen King, or Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. This edition includes a lost Wirral tale of Tom's that was recently found by the author concerning the "Thin Man" of Telegraph Road...

Birkenhead

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Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750955522
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Birkenhead by : Elizabeth Davey

Download or read book Birkenhead written by Elizabeth Davey and published by History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birkenhead is essentially a 19th-century 'new town', its planned grid of streets still stretching westwards from the Georgian elegance of Hamilton Square. Two hundred years ago it did not exist. The settlement, such as it was, consisted of a mere scatter of farmhouses and cottages, which supported a population in 1801 of just 17 families living in 16 houses.Yet this tiny community lying on the east shore of Wirral was not entirely a backwater. The mid-12th century had seen the foundation of a Benedictine priory, while half a century later, in 1207, the granting of letters patent to Liverpool brought ever-increasing activity to the Mersey. The ferry meant there was plenty of coming and going, and local farmers, fisherfolk and ferrymen lived far from mundane lives. The catalyst for change was the introduction of a steam ferry service, and by the end of Victoria's reign the town numbered over 110,000 inhabitants. It gained its first MP in 1861 and became a borough in its own right in 1877. The docks first opened in 1847 and the great shipbuilding firm of Cammell Laird provided a backdrop to the town's spectacular growth.Birkenhead had the country's first publicly funded park, designed by Joseph Paxton, the first street tramway and, with the Mersey Rail Tunnel, the first underwater railway in Europe. Today, although shipbuilding has ceased and activity in the docks has declined, much of the legacy of this magnificent past has survived. This fully illustrated new account sheds light on Birkenhead's fascinating heritage and traces the town's development from its earliest years. Based on a wide range of local and national sources, it provides a readable and accessible narrative, which will be welcomed by all those keen to know Birkenhead better.

The Wapentake of Wirral

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Total Pages : 242 pages
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Book Synopsis The Wapentake of Wirral by : Ronald Stewart-Brown

Download or read book The Wapentake of Wirral written by Ronald Stewart-Brown and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1907 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Yesterday's Birkenhead

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ISBN 13 : 9781899241262
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Book Synopsis Yesterday's Birkenhead by : Ian Boumphrey

Download or read book Yesterday's Birkenhead written by Ian Boumphrey and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pictorial History 1860 to 1960 including Prenton, Oxton, Bidston, Upton, Woodchurch, Tranmere, Bebington, New Ferry and Rock Ferry with over 550 photographs/ graphics. Part of the Yesterday's Wirral series of local history books by Ian Boumphrey.