by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Rose MountBalls RoadMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedSwan HillChristchurch RoadClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sShrewsbury RoadKings MountShrewsbury RoadDuck Pond LaneFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Fernleigh, Poplar RdNunclose, Mount PleasantApsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdWestholme, Storeton 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 – quoitsThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Queen’s ArmsSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sSwan Hill Dairy, built 1931, employed 60 people and supplied milk to 40,000 Wirral householdsThe Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas Hughes (of...
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...
