Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Newburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowBirch RoadBidston RoadAlton RoadMill HillRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresChristchurch RoadDuck pond on...
Houses

Houses

Fernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdNunclose, Mount PleasantOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton Rd < Back to Main Images...
Leisure

Leisure

The Arno The Arno as we know it today was laid out in 1912.  Within the park can be seen the hollow that was the Earl of Shrewsbury’s stone quarry. The ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

William Male & SonsWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanWellington Road Post OfficeSwan Hill Dairy, built 1931, employed 60 people and supplied milk to 40,000 Wirral...
Churches

Churches

St Saviour’s St Saviour’s was built on Bidston Road between 1889 and 1892 to replace a church of 1846 that had become too small for the needs of its congregation.  The church was constructed of durable red sandstone, quarried in Runcorn, with a slate roof.  In 1941...