by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Rose MountAlton RoadChristchurch RoadBalls RoadKings MountRose MountBidston RoadShrewsbury RoadClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowSwan HillFairview RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Nunclose, Mount PleasantApsley Lodge, Rose MountWestholme, Storeton RdFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane Cottages < 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 Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
The old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest established family business in OxtonQueen’s ArmsWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher,...
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...
