Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Claughton Firs, probably 1920’sBidston RoadDuck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with Woodchurch RoadFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageMill...
Houses

Houses

Apsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdFernleigh, Poplar RdNunclose, Mount PleasantWestholme, Storeton RdHolm Lane CottagesOxton Old Hall, Talbot 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 – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe ArnoThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Wellington Road Post OfficeTalbot Hotel, Claughton Firs. Built between 1847 & 1875 in a curve round the bend between Rose Mount and Claughton Firs. Demolished 1967, rebuilt 1969 as Oxton ArmsConfectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the Peever family from 1914. They...
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...