English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Birkenhead Ferry(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Bidston

Historical Forms

  • Ferry House 1831 Bry

Etymology

( lost , 100–330885 ) , 1842 OS , Ferry House 1831Bry , founded in 1819 (J.E.A.) , v. ferja , hūs . This ferry was defunct by 1882 (Orm2 ii464) and Monk 's Ferry infra was about to close down .