by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Alton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryBirch RoadDuck Pond LaneChristchurch RoadRose MountKings MountShrewsbury RoadClaughton FirsShrewsbury RoadClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sBidston...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Holm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch Rd < Back to Main Images...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
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 - SeesawThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno –...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Boot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sThe Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas Hughes (of Hughes Lane) was publican from 1845, followed by his son, also...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
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...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Birkenhead School Birkenhead Proprietary School, later Birkenhead School, was founded in 1860, initially with 13 pupils, at Royden House, Park Road North, altering its name in 1871, when it moved to the present Shrewsbury Road site. Birkenhead SchoolBirkenhead School...
