by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Duck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with Woodchurch RoadDuck Pond LaneKings MountTemplemore Road, early 1980’sShrewsbury RoadShrewsbury RoadChristchurch RoadPoplar RoadBidston RoadAlton & Cearns Roads...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantFernleigh, Poplar RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton 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 Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno –...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
William Male arrived at 2 Rosemount in 1881 to start a 40 year stay as William Male and SonsSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sTalbot Hotel, Claughton Firs. Built between 1847 & 1875 in a...
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 rugby...
