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• List of places: Birkenhead is a town within the in, England. In, it is on the, along the west bank of the, opposite the city of.

The defined as the contiguous built-up area along the eastern side of the Wirral had a total population of 325,264 in the 2011 Census. In the 2011 census, the Parliamentary constituency of Birkenhead had a population of 88,818. The Birkenhead and Tranmere, covering a much smaller area, had a population of 15,879.

The recorded history of Birkenhead began with the establishment of and the in the 12th century. During the 19th century Birkenhead expanded greatly, becoming a town as a consequence of the, with and being examples of the era. Around the same time, Birkenhead gained the first street in Britain. Later, the connected Birkenhead and Liverpool, with the world's first tunnel beneath a tidal estuary.

Birkenhead is perhaps best known for the of, and for the town's. In the second half of the 20th century, the town suffered a significant period of decline, with causing a reduction in port activity. During the first half of the 21st century, the development is planned to regenerate much of the dockland. British troops of clearing up bomb damage in Birkenhead, 15 March 1941.

The earliest records state that the began operating from Birkenhead in 1150, when monks under the leadership of built a there. The priory was visited in 1275 and 1277. In a of 13 April 1330, granted the priory further rights. 19th century [ ] Distanced from the in Liverpool by the physical barrier of the River Mersey, Birkenhead retained its agricultural status until the advent of steam ferry services.

In 1817 a steam ferry service started from Liverpool to Tranmere and in 1822 the paddle steamer, Royal Mail, began operation between Liverpool and Woodside. Shipbuilding started in 1829. An iron works was initially established by in 1824 and was joined by his son in 1828. The business eventually became. Notable naval vessels built at Birkenhead include,,,,,,, the pioneer submarine, (which sank on trials in Liverpool Bay during sea trials, and was refloated and commissioned as HMS Thunderbolt, only to be lost to enemy action with the loss of the entire crew), and.

Merchant vessels were also built such as and. The tunnel opened in 1886, providing direct railway access to Liverpool. 20th century [ ] The was completed in 1900. In September 1932 thousands of unemployed people protested in a series of demonstrations organised by the local branch of the. After three days of rioting, police were brought in from elsewhere to help quell the rioters.

In addition to the ferries and the railway, the opened in 1934 and gave rapid access to Liverpool. This opened up the Wirral Peninsula for development, and prompted further growth of Birkenhead as an industrial centre.

Bolstered by migration from rural Cheshire, southern Ireland and Wales, the town's population had grown from 110 in 1801 to 110,912 one hundred years later and stood at 142,501 by 1951. Governance [ ] Formerly a township in Bidston Parish of the, Birkenhead was incorporated as a in 1877, and became a with the passing of the. The borough included the parish of Birkenhead St. Mary and the townships of,,, and part of, later known as. The townships of, and were added in 1928, followed by, and in 1933.

Prior to 1 April 1974, Birkenhead and the rest of the Wirral Peninsula were part of the county of Cheshire. The implementation of the caused Birkenhead to lose its county borough status. The town has since been administered as part of the, in the of. The current Member of Parliament is. Geography [ ] The, as defined by the, includes Birkenhead,, Bebington, Ellesmere Port (which is outside the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral) and the contiguous built-up areas which link those towns.

In the, the area so defined had a total population of 325,264, making it the 19th largest in England and Wales. The Duke of Edinburgh opening the new entrance to the Great Northern Docks at Birkenhead, 1866 Shipbuilding and ship repair has featured prominently in the local economy since the 19th century. Entered in 2001.

The shipyard was sold and became 'Northwestern Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders' (NS&S), which grew into a successful business specialising in ship repair and conversion, including maintenance contracts for the. In September 2007 NS&S acquired the rights to use the Cammell Laird name. The company was renamed 'Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders' on 17 November 2008, seeing the famous name return to Birkenhead after a seven-year hiatus. In 2010, Cammell Laird secured a £50 million contract to construct the flight deck for the, the first of two.

In 2015, Cammell Laird was selected as the preferred bidder to construct, a. Commerce [ ] Birkenhead Market was first established on what is now the site of, between Chester Street and Hamilton Street, on 10 July 1835.

An increase in the town's population by 1841 led to the opening on 11 July 1845 of a much expanded market on a larger site nearby. This market hall was built by, who later built., of, opened one of his first seven 'Penny Bazaar' stalls here during the 1880s. During the 1970s, the commercial centre of the town was redeveloped around the principal shopping area of Grange Road.

Following two fires at the expanded Birkenhead Market in 1969 and 1974, it was moved to new premises adjoining the Grange Shopping Precinct development in 1977. Commercial expansion continued in the early 1990s when the Pyramids Shopping Centre was opened. The original market site has been redeveloped with the construction of two office buildings, primarily to house and offices. Economic statistics [ ] In February 2010, the town had an overall unemployment rate of 8.2% (males 12.4%, female 4.1%) as against a national average of 4.4%. Demography [ ] In 2011, Birkenhead had a population of 88,818. The wider Urban Subdivision had a population of over 142,000. However, this latter figure includes areas such as and, which are separate from Birkenhead.

Asus Eee Pc 901 Recovery Disk Download more. These are the 2011 ethnic groups for the town: • 93.5% • 2.3% Other White • 1.2% Mixed Race • 2.6% • 0.2% Black • 0.2% Other Landmarks [ ]. Edward VII Memorial Clock Tower, designed. Is acknowledged to be the first publicly funded park in. The park was the forerunner of the Parks Movement and its influence was far reaching both in Britain and abroad – most notably on 's design for.

Designed by (later Sir Joseph Paxton) in 1843 and officially opened in 1847, with great festivity. The park's, modelled on the Temple of Illysus in Athens, [ ] and its 'Roman Boathouse' are notable features. There are sandstone lodges at the three entrances, each with a different style of architecture,, and. There are also two lakes and an ornate 'Swiss Bridge'., a Scot, and his son, were influential in the design of the town. Parts were laid out in a grid-iron pattern like with similar architecture. The chief architect was from Edinburgh.

This grid pattern was centred around which was started in 1826 and, apart from in London, contains the most in one place in England. A short distance from Hamilton Square are two other notable landmarks: the and the. The film had scenes shot at Woodside.

These scenes were as a representation of in the 1920s. Other notable landmarks include on a ridge behind the town, Flaybrick Watertower and. Transport [ ] Trams [ ] Birkenhead had the first street tramway in Britain. Opened on 29 August 1860 the first line ran from (adjoining the terminal of the Mersey Ferry) to.

This early system was horse-drawn and was the brainchild of flamboyant American,. A preserved tram was on display in the Woodside ferry terminal booking hall. The system was later electrified and operated from 1901 as.

Two replica trams, imported from Hong Kong, have been brought into service as part of a heritage tramway between Woodside and, and Car No.20 is preserved on this line. Birkenhead bus station Birkenhead Bus Station serves the town of Birkenhead. It is adjacent to The Grange Shopping Centre and Birkenhead Market. It has a total of eleven stands and incorporates a travel centre. The main bus operators at the station include, and Bus services using the bus station operate around the town of Birkenhead, throughout the Wirral, and to the nearby city of via the. The station also has frequent services to as far away as.

Railways [ ] Railways reached Birkenhead in 1840, when the began services. Opened at the same time, becoming the town's first terminus. Opened in 1866, as the eastern terminus of the. With the opening of the in 1873, this station probably became the world's first to train. In 1886 Birkenhead and were linked by an system, which today is part of the network. The major underground station in Birkenhead is, the nearest station to the ferry terminal.

Hamilton Square station is linked to the 'Liverpool Loop' of the, which includes,, and stations, all of which are underground. Other stations located in Birkenhead include which is open but below ground level, which is below ground level,, which is below ground level,, and. The Wirral Line from Birkenhead travels south to and, north to and westwards, across the Wirral Peninsula, to. The leaves Bidston station, in the north of Birkenhead and travels through the rural centre of Wirral, ultimately leaving England near and terminating in, Wales.

From 1878, until its closure in 1967, was the town's mainline railway terminus. Originally located close to Woodside Ferry Terminal, the site had been redeveloped as part of ship builders.

Latterly the adjacent dry dock at Cammell Lairds was filled in and the whole area redeveloped to provide flats, a bus depot and offices for and (CSA). The town has one operational railway depot,; one disused,; and two demolished, and a further depot adjacent to Birkenhead Park station. The remains of the are still extant in a through the centre of the town, which was used primarily for freight services. Much of the peripheral railway infrastructure, around the docks, has been removed since the 1980s. Roads [ ] Junctions 1 and 3 of the allow access to the national motorway network. The connects Woodside with in London.

Two road tunnels, the from Birkenhead, and the from Wallasey, run underneath the River Mersey and connect the town to Liverpool. Maritime [ ] Birkenhead's is part of the, operated by the under the ownership of. The ferry terminal allows a direct freight and passenger vehicle service to, Ireland and, Northern Ireland. Daily Belfast services are run by, using their ferries and. The at Woodside operates a passenger service to Liverpool and chartered cruising. During winter months, the operates a service from Birkenhead to using the.

Due to weather conditions, this service temporarily replaces the route that normally operates from the Liverpool landing stage using fast craft. Aviation [ ] The nearest airport is (formerly known as Speke Airport) located about 8 miles (13 km) from Birkenhead. Is approximately 40 mi (64 km) from Birkenhead. Other nearby aviation facilities include and. Former airfields in the area include and.

Education [ ] Schools [ ] Birkenhead has a number of maintained schools, including (formed after the merger of Rock Ferry High School and Park High School) and the only all-boys Catholic grammar school in the area. Birkenhead also has two independently run schools. The oldest is. It was exclusively a boys' school from its founding in 1860 until 2000, when its sixth form became co-educational. It became fully co-educational for pupils aged 3–18 in 2008. 'Old Birkonians' (as former pupils are known) include the lawyer (Lord Birkenhead); (chairman of the (BBFC) and founder of newspaper);, and, hero at the; and,., formerly Birkenhead Girls High School, is an all-ability state funded girls'.

It was founded in 1885 and caters for girls aged 3–19. Its sponsor was the, but is now publicly funded. Its alumnae include the actress. Birkenhead Girls High School decided to become a state-funded school in 2009, increasing the availability of its education. Like the change to co-education at Birkenhead School, this decision was largely driven by falling pupil numbers; [ ] however to this date, it remains a single sex school. Birkenhead Institute Grammar School existed from 1889 in Whetstone Lane, before being moved to Claughton in the 1970s.

The school closed in 1994. The school's alumni include. Colleges [ ] Previously situated at Borough Road, Birkenhead's college has campuses at Europa Boulevard and Twelve Quays. The college was originally Birkenhead Technical College, and has been known as since the 1980s. [ ] The college had a theatre on Borough Road named after one of its most famous former students,, the -winning actress and Member of Parliament, herself a Birkonian, born in 1936. The Borough Road campus and the Glenda Jackson Theatre were demolished in late 2005, to make way for, although Wirral Metropolitan College flourishes on other sites across Wirral. The theatre secretly housed an emergency command centre for the region in its basement, accessible via the college.

Politicians and officials would have retreated to this secure in the event of nuclear war to co-ordinate the recovery effort. By the 1990s, after the end of the, the bunker had been decommissioned and the surrounding complex of rooms was used by the college as a rehearsal space and recording studio. Other colleges include the, located in the Claughton area of Birkenhead, formerly the site of Corpus Christi Catholic High School. Religion [ ].

St James' Church Religion in Birkenhead dates back to 1150 when Hamon de Masci founded for the order. The current churches are,, and the which are all within the. Churches include the and which are within the. The other religious buildings include the of the and the Shah Jalal. The Birkenhead existed from 1890 and closed prior to 2006. Contains the town's former main cemetery, which is situated near to St. James' Church.

Flaybrick Hill Cemetery has been superseded. Healthcare [ ] Birkenhead has one of the highest mortality rates among men over 65 in the UK. Birkenhead is served by (through its, St. Catherine's Hospital and sites) and Wirral. Formerly, Birkenhead was served by on Park Road North and St.

James' Hospital in Claughton, now demolished and redeveloped for housing; and St Catherine's Hospital in Tranmere. Arts and leisure [ ] Arts [ ] The was the first public school of art outside London and was given to the town by John Laird. It opened on 27 September 1871. The was opened in 1928 and houses a fine collection of paintings, porcelain and pottery. In 1856, Birkenhead Library was opened as the country's first public library in an borough. The library was situated in Hamilton Street until 1909, when it moved to a new building in Market Street South, near Birkenhead Market.

In the 1930s, this building (along with much of the surrounding area) was demolished to make way for the entrance to the. The present library,, is situated on Borough Road and was opened by in 1934. Despite being in England, Birkenhead (known as Penbedw, in Welsh) hosted Wales' in 1917 as well as an unofficial National Eisteddfod event in 1879. As in Liverpool, migrants from Wales, especially North Wales, contributed greatly to the growth of the town and its cultural development in the 19th century. The first local Birkenhead Eisteddfod, a precursor of the national events, took place in 1864. The 1917 National Eisteddfod was notable for the award of the chair to the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, known as.

The winner was announced, and the crowd waited for the winner to accept congratulations before the chairing ceremony, but no winner appeared. It was then announced that Hedd Wyn had been killed the previous month on the battlefield in Belgium, and the bardic chair was draped in black. These events were portrayed in the nominated film, and were apparently intended as a protest against the war policies of, who was present. There is a commemorative stone for the event in Birkenhead Park.

The first meeting of the international also took place at the Birkenhead Eisteddfod. The was a major theatre and music hall which opened on 28 December 1868 and became notable for the calibre of artistes who appeared there. Later in its life, it was also used as a cinema. The theatre was destroyed by bombing in 1940. The Theatre Royal, opened on 31 October 1864, was in Argyle Street and had a capacity of 1,850. This theatre was closed in 1919 and demolished in the 1930s.

Another theatre, the Hippodrome, which was converted into a cinema in the 1930s, stood on the site of what became the department store in Grange Road. The Little Theatre was established in 1958 from a converted former church, whilst more recently, the Pacific Road Arts Centre in Woodside opened in 1999. Media [ ] Birkenhead is served by the local daily newspaper. The free local weekly newspapers are the Wirral Globe and the Birkenhead News (part of the Wirral News group).

The local radio station is based in offices at the Pacific Road Arts Centre. In addition, there are five other local radio stations that transmit to Birkenhead:,,, and.

Birkenhead is situated within the television regions of North West and 's. The local television station also broadcasts to the area. Leisure [ ] As well as Birkenhead Park, other recreational open spaces in Birkenhead include Mersey Park and Victoria Park. Is a large area of parkland at the western edge of the town. In 1929, the was held there. The first two groups in the world were founded as the 1st and 2nd Birkenhead groups at the on the same night in 1908. [ ] The 2nd Birkenhead Scout Group is still operating and therefore is the longest running scout group in the world.

[ ] Sport [ ] The first known club on the Wirral was Birkenhead F.C. Which was founded in 1879 by Robert E.

Lythgoe, a former player. Other clubs included Belmont Football Club, founded in 1884. They adopted the name the following year, and are a professional team who play at near the Tranmere area of the town. They were a founder member of in 1921, and were a member of until 2015, when they were relegated to the, the fifth tier of English football.

(An unrelated, disbanded side had played under the name 'Tranmere Rovers Cricket Club (Association football section)' in 1881–82.) is the town's semi-professional club who play at Kirklands in Rock Ferry. The was founded in 1871, the same year as the.

The club originally played in the Lower Park but moved to their current home in the Upper Park in 1885. Birkenhead Park also has its own club.

Located in the town are the Birkenhead North End & Victoria Cycling Clubs. Olympic riders from the clubs include,, and. Cultural references [ ] Birkenhead is mentioned in the song 'What She Said' on the album by: What she read/All heady books/She'd sit and prophesise/(It took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead/To really really open her eyes).

The town is also referred to in the song 'Everything Is Sorrow' on the ' album: I worked in Birkenhead for you/It brings me tears even now. A fairly detailed description of the town is given in 's memoirs, At My Mother's Knee. And Other Low Joints: The Autobiography.

Birkenhead is indirectly referenced by ' the Birken'ead drill' in 's poem 'Soldier an' Sailor Too': To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about, / Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, an' leave an' likin' to shout; / But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill is a damn tough bullet to chew, / An' they done it, the Jollies – 'Er Majesty's Jollies – soldier an' sailor too!, as it refers to heroism by Royal Marines during the sinking of, itself named after the town in which it was built. Have done this as well. The 1998 book,, and the following 2009 film of the same name are set in Birkenhead. Notable people [ ].

In the arts, Birkenhead has produced several actors and performers including,,,,,, (also known as ) and soprano. It has also produced poets and authors such as, and. The poet, though born in, lived in Birkenhead from the age of 4 and was educated at the Birkenhead Institute High School (now demolished). The town has produced some notable artists such as,,,,, the workers at the and two cartoonists: and.

Birkenhead has also produced notable sportsmen such as, the player; (), record-breaking footballer, who was born at 313 Laird Street; and several other footballers including,,. The football manager also hails from the town. There are several musicians linked to the area.

Gprinter Virtual Com Port Driver Download. From was born in Birkenhead. Indie band hail from Birkenhead, as did boogie-rock band,, lead singer of the and the, singer/songwriter and co-founder and original manager of the pioneering.

Moved to Birkenhead in 1971 with his mother, who was from Liverpool, although Elvis's father was himself from Birkenhead. Elvis lived there briefly and formed his first band, a folk duo named Rusty. (bassist from and ), synthpop musician (of, and ) and (drummer with pop group ) were born there. (music manager, and member of Dalek I Love You,, ) attended primary and secondary school there., musician, singer and songwriter and member of and, was born in the town. The UK's last resident and the longest serving organist at the was born and spent his early years living in Birkenhead., founder editor of, grew up in Birkenhead, where his father was an clergyman., a recipient of the during., a participant of the, was born in Birkenhead. There has been speculation that and he reached the summit.

However they died in the attempt. Similarly,, a mountaineer who died in the, was educated in Birkenhead. International relations [ ].

See also: Twin towns [ ] Birkenhead is, as a part of, with: •, France •, Italy •, France Twin towns – Sister cities [ ] Birkenhead also has a with: •,, United States Future [ ] The major redevelopment project under consideration is ' '. This would allow for £4.5 billion of investment in the regeneration of the dockland area. This equates with an investment of over £14,000 for each of the 320,000 residents of the Wirral. At the and, the development would include several 50-storey skyscrapers, 5,000,000 square feet (465,000 m 2) of new office space and 11,000,000 square feet (1,000,000 m 2) for new residential flats. A retail and leisure quarter at the former site would encompass another 571,000 square feet (53,000 m 2) of space.

The whole project would create more than 27,000 permanent new jobs, aside from the employment required for construction and other peripheral employment. The development would be expected to take up to thirty years.

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