Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Village Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedAlton RoadBirch RoadChristchurch RoadTemplemore Road, early 1980’sClaughton FirsRose MountFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920...
Houses

Houses

Westholme, Storeton RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn 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 – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno - SeesawThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Adams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest established family business in OxtonBoot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownQueen’s ArmsAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started...
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...