Monks Ferry Slipway
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Monks Ferry Slipway
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 30 Jul 2015
The area is named for the Monks of Birkenhead Priory who ran a ferry across to Liverpool in the twelfth century, This slipway dates from the nineteenth century, when it was used by the Monks Ferry Company who ran a service from 1838 until 1878. It was also used by tugs as a coaling berth http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/mrlhp/students/bheadpriory/bheadpriory.htm . http://www.wirralhistory.net/ferries.html History of the Mersey Ferries
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Image Location
Latitude
53.391321
Longitude
-3.008336