by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Claughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingRose MountChristchurch RoadMill HillChristchurch RoadShrewsbury RoadMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedRose Mount, 1908,...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Nunclose, Mount PleasantOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane CottagesApsley Lodge, Rose MountWestholme, Storeton RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdFernleigh, 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 ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Henderson’s Nursery, Village Road. An Oxton landmark from 1850 to World War II. Latterly occupied land where Talbot Court now standsSwan Hill Dairy, built 1931, employed 60 people and supplied milk to 40,000 Wirral householdsSaid to be inside Wellington Road chemist...
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 SchoolBirkenhead School...
