Birkenhead

From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.

• IPA^(key): /bɜːkənhɛd/

Birkenhead

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3288).
2. A settlement in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
3. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
4. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the city's North Shore. ^[1]
5. An English topographic surname.
6. Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead

• Birkenhead drill

• A Dictionary of British Place Names, by A.D. Mills, Oxford University Press (revised) 2011 →ISBN