Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Kings MountDuck Pond LaneRose MountMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedRose MountDuck Pond LaneFairview RoadDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th...
Houses

Houses

Holm Lane CottagesFernleigh, Poplar RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountWestholme, Storeton RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno –...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Wellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanQueen’s ArmsThe Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas Hughes (of Hughes Lane) was publican from 1845, followed by his son, also Thomas, in...
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...
Schools

Schools

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 School – The Boarding...