Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Kings MountShrewsbury RoadBalls RoadSwan HillClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryChristchurch RoadShrewsbury RoadPoplar RoadClaughton FirsBirch...
Houses

Houses

Nunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdFernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley 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 ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno – Rose...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Talbot 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 ArmsWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist,...
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...