Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Christchurch RoadClaughton FirsRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresKings MountChristchurch RoadVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centurySwan HillDuck Pond Lane – until relatively...
Houses

Houses

Fernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno –...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Adams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsThe old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageWilliam Male & SonsAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is...
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...