Birkenhead Priory
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Birkenhead Priory, Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England was founded about 1150 for the Benedictines, the parts that remain are open to the public. St Mary's Tower has been dedicated to those who died on HMS Thetis. In 1317 the monks from the Priory were granted ferry right by Edward II. This allowed the monks to build a house in what is now Water Street to store their corn. The house was also used by travellers for shelter if the weather was too bad for the ferry to cross the Mersey.
Parts of the site are listed buildings of Grade I and II*, it is also a Scheduled ancient monument.
[edit] External links
- Wirral Council: Birkenhead Priory & St Mary's Tower
- Visit Liverpool: Birkenhead Priory & St Mary's Tower
- Birkenhead Priory
- Priory ruins
- Priory chapel
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