Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Mill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedDuck Pond LaneRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresPoplar RoadChristchurch RoadChristchurch RoadAlton &...
Houses

Houses

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

Commercial Premises

Adams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest established family business in OxtonHenderson’s Nursery, Village Road. An Oxton landmark from 1850 to World War II. Latterly occupied land where Talbot...
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...