Bebington
Bebington shown within Merseyside
Population	13,720 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ333841
Metropolitan borough	Wirral
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIRRAL
Postcode district	CH62, CH63
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Wirral South
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Merseyside

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Bebington is a small town and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It is located along the River Mersey, on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula, and has a total resident population of 13,720.^[1] A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, more commonly known as The Wirral. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Ferry across the Mersey, June 2005 The River Mersey is a river in north-western England. ... Map showing the location of the Wirral at grid reference SJ285850 Wirral or The Wirral (IPA: [wɪɹəɫ]) is a peninsula in the north west of England, bounded by the River Dee to the west and the River Mersey to the east. ...

The town includes the areas of Port Sunlight (an early planned factory town), Higher Bebington, Lower Bebington, Spital and Storeton. Port Sunlight Port Sunlight is a village on the Wirral (in the North West of England). ...

History

The Church of St. Andrew, on a site occupied since Saxon times, dates from the 14th and 16th centuries. 1308 - Avignon Papacy established, which splits and weakens the Roman Catholic Church Turku, the oldest city in Finland experiences rapid growth around the recently consecrated Cathedral of Turku Category: ... The decade of years from 1500 to 1509, inclusive. ...

In 1838 the footprints of an archosaur later called the Chirotherium storetonese were found in a sandstone bed at Storeton Quarry. Examples can be seen at the Liverpool Museum and in Christ Church within the parish of Higher Bebington. Stone quarried at Bebington was used for the construction of Birkenhead Town Hall, some of the villas around Birkenhead and Rock Parks and most famously of all the Empire State Building. The stone is considered to be a high quality sandstone which is creamy in appearance. The Quarries were eventually filled in with debris removed during the construction of the two Mersey Tunnels. | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Chirotherium monument with the reconstruction of a tracksite in Hildburghausen, Germany, where the first tracks were found in 1833. ... Storeton is a town on the Wirral Peninsula in England. ... The Liverpool Museum in Liverpool is one of Britains finest museums, with extensive collections and special attractions including the award-winning hands-on Natural History Centre and the Planetarium. ... Birkenhead Town Hall is a town hall and former civic building in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. ... birkenhead park smell ov poo ... The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, New York on the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. ... mers ...

The Oval Sports Centre was used in the film, Chariots of Fire, to portray the 1924 Colombes Olympic Stadium in Paris. Chariots of Fire is a British film released in 1981. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Colombes is a city and commune in France, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. ... This article is about the capital of France. ...

Arms of former Bebington Borough Council

Bebington also has a claim to fame in that St. Andrews church yard features the lamp-post that was supposedly the real-life inspiration for the lamp-post in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles Of Narnia. Arms of Bebington Borough Council. ... Arms of Bebington Borough Council. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... Narnia redirects here. ...

The Brackenwood golf course was cited in 2004 as a likely site for the Battle of Brunanburh in AD 937.^[2] This article is about the sport. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of Brunanburh was a West Saxon victory in 937 by the army of king Athelstan and his brother Edmund over the combined armies of Olaf III Guthfrithson, Viking king of Dublin, Constantine, king of Scotland and King Owain of Strathclyde. ... AD redirects here. ... Events Athelstan wins the Battle of Brunanburh September 21 - Magdeburg is now the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, after a Diet held by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Births Duke William IV of Aquitaine (d. ...

Mayer Hall, Bebington Village, was formerly an Art Gallery built by Joseph Mayer, a Liverpool Businessman - it is now a community resource and still boasts many of its original features.

Education

Bebington contains five main schools; Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, St. John Plessington Catholic College, Higher Bebington Junior School, Bebington High school. Wirral Grammar School for Boys was founded in 1631, situated on Cross Lane, Bebington, on the Wirral. ... Wirral Grammar School for Girls was founded in 1931, situated on Cross Lane, Bebington, on the Wirral, England. ...

Notable people

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• Lottie Dod (1871-1960), "the most versatile female athlete of all time" and five times Wimbledon tennis champion, was born in Bebington.

• The historian and antiquarian Hilda R. Ellis Davidson was born in Bebington in 1914.

• Harold Wilson (1916-1995), British Prime Minister, lived in the area from the age of 16 and was head boy at Wirral Grammar School.

• Entertainers to hail from the town include comedian Ted Robbins, singer Pete Burns (born 1959 in Port Sunlight) and Jan Ravens, impressionist and actress (born in Bebington)

• Kenneth Halliwell, partner and murderer of Joe Orton, was born in Heath Road, Bebington.

• Robert Davies, acclaimed industrialist and entrepreneur, born 26 August 1962 in Bebington, now residing in South Carolina USA.

• The authors Roger Lancelyn Green and Richard Lancelyn Green lived in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington.

• Chris Malkin, former professional footballer, was born in Bebington.

• One of the greatest ever footballers of all time, Dixie Dean (1907-1980), lived in Higher Bebington.

• Alex Cox film director, born in Bebington 1954

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See also

• Bebington parliamentary constituency (1950 – Feb 1974)
• Bebington and Ellesmere Port parliamentary constituency (Feb 1974 – 1983)

Bebington was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1950 to 1974. ... The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... Bebington and Ellesmere Port was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1974 to 1983. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ...

References

External links

• Bebington District Explorer Scouts
• Open Directory Project - Bebington category