by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Village Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryBeresford RoadClaughton FirsMill HillBalls RoadPoplar RoadRose MountBidston RoadTemplemore Road, early 1980’sDuck Pond LaneDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseClaughton Firs, probably...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Hawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountNunclose, Mount PleasantWestholme, Storeton RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane CottagesFernleigh, Poplar Rd < 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 Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Swan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsSaid to be inside Wellington Road chemist shop, owned by...
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...
