Birkenhead Priory

Birkenhead Priory is in Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It is the most established standing expanding on Merseyside. The stays of the cloister are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as an assigned Grade I recorded building and it is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Priory was established around 1150 by Hamon de Masci, third Baron of Dunham Massey for the Benedictine Order. It was visited twice by Edward I because of its vital significance, being near the Irish Sea and in addition the Welsh outskirt.
In 1318 the priests from Birkenhead Priory were allowed ship rights by Edward II. This enabled them to fabricate a house in what is presently Water Street to store their corn. The house was additionally utilized by voyagers for safe house if the climate was too awful for the ship to cross the River Mersey. St Mary's Tower was initially part of Birkenhead's first area church, opened in 1821 in the grounds of the priory. It is a Grade II recorded building.