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Birkenhead Priory is the remains of a Benedictine priory in Birkenhead, Cheshire. The Priory was founded about 1150 by Hamon de Masci, 3rd Baron of Dunham Massey. The priory was visited by Edward I during his campaign against the Welsh in 1275 and again in 1277. After the Dissolution, the buildings fell into ruin with only the chapter house chapel surviving as a local centre of worship. This was superseded by the building of the parish church of St Mary in 1821. The present ruins include the cloister, surrounded by and linking the chapter house, scriptorium, the priory church, the western range, the frater range and the dorter range. The site is within the council area of Wirral.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1019159.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Cheshire
Lat, Long: 53.389655,-3.0119059
Grid Reference: SJ 3280 8856
Council Area: Wirral CA
Strategic Authority Area: Liverpool City Region SA
Police Area: Merseyside PA

GBPN ID: 319683
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Birkenhead_Priory,_Cheshire_319683

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