Birkenhead is a town in the county Borough of
Wirral[?],
Merseyside, on the left bank of the
River Mersey, opposite
Liverpool. The first
Mersey ferry began operating from Birkenhead in
1150 when Benedictine monks built a priory there. The area was later used for as a sea port and for ship building as it was close to the naval activity of Liverpool.
Birkenhead (
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/G32.HTM#BIRKENHEAD),
Birkenhead visitor guide (
http://www.birkenheadvisitorguide.co.uk/),
Historic Warships at Birkenhead (
http://www.warships.freeserve.co.uk/),
Laird Shipbuilders (
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/PROJECTS/denbigh/Laird.htm),
Birkenhead Parish History (
http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/birken.htm),
Population of Birkenhead (
http://populations.com/Country.asp?ID=197&CityID=8022)
Other places in the world also called
Birkenhead include: