Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Rose MountSwan HillNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedMill HillRose MountDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway...
Houses

Houses

Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountWestholme, Storeton RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdNunclose, Mount PleasantFernleigh, Poplar RdHolm Lane Cottages < 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 - SeesawThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

William Male & SonsAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsConfectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the Peever family from 1914. They also owned a dairy at no. 35Swan Hill Dairy, built 1931, employed 60 people...
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...