by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Claughton FirsBalls RoadBirch RoadPoplar RoadRose MountVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Fernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdWestholme, Storeton RdHolm Lane CottagesOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountNunclose, Mount Pleasant < 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 ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
William Male arrived at 2 Rosemount in 1881 to start a 40 year stay as William Male and SonsThe old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsBoot Repairers, Prices Lane, date...
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 – The School...
