Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Village Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageFairview RoadRose MountMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedNewburns...
Houses

Houses

Hawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdFernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountNunclose, Mount Pleasant < 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 ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno -...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

The old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageWilliam Male arrived at 2 Rosemount in 1881 to start a 40 year stay as William Male and SonsTalbot Hotel, Claughton FirsBoot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when...
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...