Roads & Streets |Published on: Apr 17, 2018|Categories: Images of Old Oxton| Duck Pond LaneBidston RoadSwan HillDuck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with Woodchurch RoadShrewsbury RoadShrewsbury RoadChristchurch RoadAlton RoadBalls RoadDuck Pond LaneFairview RoadChristchurch RoadBeresford RoadDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresKings MountClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingClaughton FirsVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageRose MountNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryRose MountPoplar RoadBirch RoadBidston RoadMill HillTemplemore Road, early 1980’sMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedRose Mount < Back to Main Images Page
