Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Claughton Firs, probably 1920’sChristchurch RoadBidston RoadPoplar RoadMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedMill HillKings MountBidston RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War,...
Houses

Houses

Holm Lane CottagesApsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantWestholme, Storeton 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 – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno –...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

William Male & SonsThe old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageConfectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the Peever family from 1914. They also owned a dairy at no. 35Queen’s ArmsBoot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownWilliam Male arrived at 2 Rosemount in 1881...
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...