by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Beresford RoadSwan HillKings MountClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Apsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton RdNunclose, Mount Pleasant < Back to Main Images...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
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 - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe Arno –...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Swan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sWilliam Male & SonsSwan Hill Dairy, built 1931, employed 60 people and supplied milk to 40,000 Wirral householdsAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
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...
