Birkenhead

American  

[bur-kuhn-hed] / ˈbɜr kənˌhɛd /

noun

1. a seaport in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey River opposite Liverpool.

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Birkenhead ¹ British  

/ ˌbɜːkənˈhɛd /

noun

1. a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)

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Birkenhead ² British  

/ ˈbɜːkənˌhɛd /

noun

1. Frederick Edwin Smith , 1st Earl of, known as F. E. Smith . 1872–1930, British Conservative statesman, lawyer, and orator

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Birkenhead

The officer, who has asked to remain anonymous, spoke of the concerns he had raised for Crime Next Door: The Beast of Birkenhead – a new podcast on BBC Sounds.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Services across the river were recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, with Benedictine monks from Birkenhead Priory running the first regular ferries to Liverpool's markets in the 12th Century.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

On an industrial estate on the outskirts of Birkenhead on Merseyside, an English company is helping to shape the future of shopping.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

Katherine Patricia Routledge was born in Birkenhead on 17 February 1929.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

Birkenhead was very outspoken in his opposition to a League of Nations, saying that it was a Utopian idea.

From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.