Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Christchurch RoadSwan HillBalls RoadShrewsbury RoadMill HillDuck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with Woodchurch RoadBirch RoadShrewsbury RoadFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane,...
Houses

Houses

Westholme, Storeton RdFernleigh, Poplar RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane CottagesHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdNunclose, Mount Pleasant < 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 – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno –...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Talbot Hotel, Claughton FirsConfectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the Peever family from 1914. They also owned a dairy at no. 35William Male arrived at 2 Rosemount in 1881 to start a 40 year stay as William Male and SonsQueen’s ArmsThe Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd....
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 – Chapel...