Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Duck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with Woodchurch RoadRose MountClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingVillage Centre, around the turn of the...
Houses

Houses

Fernleigh, Poplar RdHolm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantWestholme, Storeton RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot 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 Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Boot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownTalbot Hotel, Claughton FirsAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsQueen’s ArmsThe old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageWellington Road Post OfficeWilliam Male &...
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...