Author: R. Stewart-Brown
Title: Birkenhead Priory and the Mersey Ferry
Description: Liverpool, Printed for The State Assurance Company Limited, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the Birkenhead Priory, from British historian Ronald Stewart-Brown. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty photogravure plates and two folding plans. Collated complete. A detailed local history focusing on the Birkenhead Priory, the oldest standing building on Merseyside. The site comprises the medieval remains of the priory itself, the priory chapter house, and the remains of St Mary's church, all three of which are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. With additional details of the Mersey Ferry service operating on the River Mersey which has been running under various routes since at least the twelfth century. Written by Ronald Stewart-Brown, a British genealogist and historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages with age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Birkenhead Priory Mersey Ferry Priory Not Stated


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