by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Duck Pond LaneDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryDuck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdWestholme, Storeton RdApsley Lodge, Rose Mount < 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 – quoitsThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno –...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Talbot Hotel, Claughton Firs. Built between 1847 & 1875 in a curve round the bend between Rose Mount and Claughton Firs. Demolished 1967, rebuilt 1969 as Oxton ArmsTalbot Hotel, Claughton FirsWilliam Male & SonsWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper,...
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 – Preparatory...
