Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Newburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowShrewsbury RoadBeresford RoadPoplar RoadDuck Pond LaneClaughton FirsDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseBirch RoadRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of...
Houses

Houses

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

Commercial Premises

Wellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanQueen’s ArmsAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsWilliam Male arrived at 2...
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...