Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Claughton Firs, probably 1920’sPoplar RoadBidston RoadKings MountShrewsbury RoadTemplemore Road, early 1980’sFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageBidston RoadRose MountShrewsbury RoadDuck pond on Fred...
Houses

Houses

Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountWestholme, Storeton 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 – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

William Male & SonsSaid to be inside Wellington Road chemist shop, owned by several pharmacists over the years, including Arthur EllithorneAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest...
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...