by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Templemore Road, early 1980’sKings MountSwan HillClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sRose MountPoplar RoadBeresford RoadNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowAlton RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Hawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton RdFernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantApsley Lodge, Rose Mount < 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 – Rose GardenThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Wellington Road Post OfficeSaid to be inside Wellington Road chemist shop, owned by several pharmacists over the years, including Arthur EllithorneSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sBoot...
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 School – Preparatory...
