Birkenhead, St. Mary (C of E), Church Street. An ancient chapel to Bidston, originally serving the whole of the township of Birkenhead; closed in 1974. Registers of
Baptisms 1721-1968, Marriages 1721-1974 and Burials 1719-1957 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
Birkenhead, Holy Trinity (C of E), Price Street. Founded 1840 as the parish church for part of Birkenhead; closed in 1974. Registers of Baptisms 1840-1974 and Marriages
1842-1974 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office No burials took place here.
Birkenhead, St. Anne (C of E), Beckwith Street. Built 1847 as a chapel to Holy Trinity, becominga separate parish in; closed in 1987. Registers of Baptisms 1850-1987,
and Marriages 1862-1987 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office. No burials took place here.
Birkenhead, St. James (C of E), Laird Street/Hoylake Road. Built in 1858 as a chapel to St Mary, becoming a separate parish in 1876. Registers of Baptisms 1865-1967 and
Marriages 1869-1972 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here).
Birkenhead, St. John the Evangelist (C of E), Grange Road. A separate parish from 1859; closed in 1971. Registers of Baptisms 1859-1971 and Marriages 1859-1968 have
been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here)..
Birkenhead, St. Paul (C of E), Argyle Street. Built 1864 as a chapel to St John, becoming a separate parish in 1922; closed in 1948. Registers of Baptisms 1863-1948 and
Marriages 1864-1948 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here).
Birkenhead, St. Peter (C of E), Cathcart Street. Built in 1867 as a chapel to Holy Trinity, becoming a parish church the following year. Registers of Baptisms 1867-1991
and Marriages 1868-1991 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here).
Birkenhead, All Saints (C of E), Shrewsbury Road. Built 1879, a separate parish from 1911 serving parts of Birkenhead, Bidston and Oxton; closed in 1971. Registers of Baptisms 1910-1947 and Marriages 1911-1971 have been deposited at the Cheshire
Record Office (no burials here).
Birkenhead, St. Matthew (C of E), Park Road East. Built in 1882 in Claughton Road as a chapel to Holy Trinity; rebuilt 1889 on Park Road East, becoming a separate
parish in 1914; closed in 1970. Registers of Baptisms 1889-1969 and Marriages 1914-1969 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record
Office (no burials here).
Birkenhead, St. Bede (C of E), Built in 1888 in Park Road West as a chapel to Claughton, Christ Church, becoming a chapel to All Saints in
1911. Closed in 1941 after air-raid damage, and replaced by a new building in Upton Road in 1960 which has been attached to St James since the closure of All Saints in 1971.
Registers of Baptisms 1888-1907 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here).
Birkenhead, St. Mark (C of E), Devonshire Road. Built 1891 as a chapel to St John, becoming a separate parish in 1922; closed in 1991. Registers of Baptisms 1894-1991
and Marriages 1895-1990 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials here).
Birkenhead Priory, Christ the King (C of E). Church Street. Opened in 1974 to replace St. Mary's as the parish church. Registers of Baptisms and Marriages are still at
the church (no burials here).
Birkenhead, St. Winifred (Church of Wales), Westbourne Road. Built 1891.
Birkenhead, St. Werburgh (Roman Catholic), Grange Road. Founded 1834.
Birkenhead, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St. Edward the Confessor (Roman Catholic), Cavendish Street. Founded 1854.
Birkenhead, St. Laurence (Roman Catholic), Beckwith Street. Founded 1864.
Birkenhead, St. Joseph (Roman Catholic), North Road. Founded 1900.
Birkenhead, Holy Cross (Roman Catholic), Hoylake Road. Founded 1928.
Birkenhead, Baptist Union Chapel. Built 1839 in Hamilton Terrace, rebuilt 1852 in Price Street, rebuilt 1889.
Birkenhead, Baptist Union Chapel, Grange Road. Built 1858.
Birkenhead, Baptist Union Chapel, Laird Street. Founded 1902.
Birkenhead, Baptist Union Chapel, Alvanley Place.
Birkenhead, Methodist (Brunswick) Chapel, Price Street. Built 1830, closed 1960. Registers of baptisms 1839-1958 and marriages 1867-1954 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Grange Road. Founded 1855, built 1870, closed 1958. Registers of baptisms 1886-1958 and marriages 1916-58 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, Methodist (Palm Grove) Chapel (Wesleyan), Talbot Lane/Lorne Road. Founded 1858, built 1871, closed 1978. Registers of baptisms 1858-87 and marriages
1875-1977 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, Methodist Chapel (Free), Claughton Road. Founded 1864, built 1881, closed 1938. Registers of baptisms 1864-1938 and marriages 1927-38 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Laird Street. Built 1864, destroyed by bombing in 1941. Registers of baptisms 1874-1941 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Grange Road. Built 1872.
Birkenhead, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Hind Street. Built 1873 (replacing a building in Blackpool Street), closed in 1966. Registers of baptisms 1873-1965 and
marriages 1965-66 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Lowe Street. Built 1878, closed 1958. Registers of baptisms 1879-1957 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, Methodist (Mount Tabor) Chapel (Primitive), Holt Road. Built 1879, closed 1966. Registers of baptisms 1895-1945 and marriages 1916-64 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Conway Street. Built 1840.
Birkenhead, Presbyterian Church (Welsh), Parkfield. Founded 1837.
Birkenhead, Presbyterian Church, Regent Place. Built 1848, closed 1976.
Birkenhead, Presbyterian (Hamilton Memorial) Church, Upton Road. Founded 1868, built 1922.
Birkenhead, Presbyterian Church (Welsh), Laird Street. Founded 1905.
Birkenhead, Presbyterian Church (Welsh), Woodchurch Road. Founded 1906.
Birkenhead, Unitarian Chapel, Clive Road. Founded 1851 in Charing Cross, moved to Bessborough Road in 1903. The present building was opened in 1959. Registers of
baptisms 1888-1921 are at the CRO.
Birkenhead, United Reformed Church (Indpendent/Congregational). Built 1856 in Oxton Road, rebuilt 1923 in Balls Road.
Birkenhead, Welsh Independent Church, Clifton Road. Built 1844, rebuilt 1881. Registers 1842-1854 are in the National Library of Wales.
Birkenhead, Welsh Independent Church, Vittoria Street. Founded 1886.
CEMETERIES
Flaybrick Cemetery, Tollemache Road. Opened 1864.
Birkenhead Cemetery, Chapel Lane. Opened 1900.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS
Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-77); Birkenhead Urban Sanitary District (1877-94); Birkenhead Municipal Borough (1877-89); Birkenhead County Borough (1889-1974); Wirral
Metropolitan Borough [Merseyside] (1974-date)
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
South Cheshire (1832-59); Birkenhead (1859-1918); Birkenhead East & Birkenhead West (1918-48); Birkenhead (1948-date)
