Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Newburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowRose MountBidston RoadBirch RoadSwan HillVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryFairview RoadRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands,...
Houses

Houses

Holm Lane CottagesApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdFernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount Pleasant < 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 Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe ArnoThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Boot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownQueen’s ArmsTalbot Hotel, Claughton Firs. Built between 1847 & 1875 in a curve round the bend between Rose Mount and Claughton Firs. Demolished 1967, rebuilt 1969 as Oxton ArmsSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here...
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...