Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Fairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresChristchurch RoadRose MountAlton & Cearns Roads...
Houses

Houses

Apsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantWestholme, Storeton RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot 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 ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno -...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

The old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sThe Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas Hughes (of Hughes Lane) was publican from 1845, followed by his son, also...
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...