Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Claughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingChristchurch RoadDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseKings MountRose MountShrewsbury RoadDuck Pond LaneClaughton FirsBeresford RoadDuck Pond...
Houses

Houses

Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdFernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdHolm Lane CottagesApsley Lodge, Rose Mount < 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 - SeesawThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno –...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Wellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanWilliam Male arrived at 2 Rosemount in 1881 to start a 40 year stay as William Male and SonsConfectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the...
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...