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Bidston - The Hill
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Bidston - The Hill. Kenneth Burnley, in his book Portrait Of Wirral describes Bidston Hill thus:. And Harry Neilson wrote:. Portrait of Wirral. Kenneth Burnley. Hale Publications. Bidston Hill from St Hilary's Brow, Wallasey - December 2004. A Brief History of the Hill. 1609 The first reference to a wooden windmill on Bidston Hill appeared in manuscripts. 1791 The wooden windmill was destroyed in a gale and was replaced by the present one. 1) to determine the exact longitude of Liverpool. This was ac...
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Bidston Hall - Bidston Hill
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Bidston - The Hall. Bidston, just west of Birkenhead and south of Liverpool, is an area of Merseyside with a dark history and a possible association, very unlikely, with Jack The Ripper. Right: Bidston Hall, through the trees. 2003 rear left aspect. Steps at the side of Bidston Hall - Feb 4th 2009. Innocent enough to look at, but I was wondering the significance of the extended block here, was it a mounting block for horse riding? At Bidston Hall Feb 4th 2009. Left: Bidston Hall. 2003. Right: Bidston Hal...
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Flaybrick Cemetery Birkenhead - History in a Garden
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Created: 17th February 2006 Updated 10 Nov 2014. The cemetery was officially opened 30th May 1864 and named Birkenhead Cemetery. Three Chapels were provided. The Roman Catholic Chapel was demolished in 1971 and a Memorial Wall erected on its site. The two other Chapels for the Non-conformists and the Church of England were last used in 1975. The Registrar's office and Sexton's Lodge are now in private hands. Born on January 27th 1829, he died in 1904 on July 17th. A businessman from Liverpool. As...Well ...
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Bidston Mill - Bidston Hill Wirral
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Bidston - The Mill. Bidston windmill, taken by me about 1975 and the same shot taken on 12th February 2004, 29 years later. (The lady is still my wife! And another at the same place and angle, this time 23rd May 2015. The Mill in 1950 &. Jenny Minshull at the mill door. Thanks to Bill Hislop for letting me photograph the image above and the image, left, of an 18 year. Old young lady (ancestor) taken in 1918. The Mill is roofless due to a recent severe gale. See also hill. Friends of Bidston Hill. Any cha...
