Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Fairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageRose MountBidston RoadMill HillBidston RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingDuck Pond Lane – until...
Houses

Houses

Apsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdFernleigh, Poplar RdNunclose, 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 – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

The 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 now the oldest established family business in OxtonQueen’s ArmsSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse...
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...