by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Fairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageDuck Pond LaneTemplemore Road, early 1980’sShrewsbury RoadDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseShrewsbury RoadPoplar RoadMill Hill A mill...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdFernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesApsley 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 – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Adams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanWellington Road Post OfficeHenderson’s...
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...