Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Claughton Firs, probably 1920’sBidston RoadDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryBirch RoadRose MountMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedBidston...
Houses

Houses

Holm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdFernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Wellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest established family...
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...