Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Rose MountChristchurch RoadFairview RoadRose MountTemplemore Road, early 1980’sSwan HillRose MountKings MountDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseShrewsbury RoadPoplar RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed...
Houses

Houses

Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdWestholme, Storeton 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 ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – SundialThe 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 ArmsWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle...
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...