Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Shrewsbury RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingDuck Pond LaneMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedBidston RoadClaughton FirsVillage Centre, around the turn...
Houses

Houses

Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdWestholme, Storeton RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesApsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

The Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas Hughes (of Hughes Lane) was publican from 1845, followed by his son, also Thomas, in 1874. (Picture is modern interpretation)Confectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the Peever family from 1914. They also owned a dairy at no....
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...