by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Rose MountSwan HillFairview RoadShrewsbury RoadMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowBidston RoadAlton RoadDuck Pond Lane – until relatively...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Apsley Lodge, Rose MountWestholme, Storeton RdFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdHolm Lane CottagesOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount Pleasant < 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 Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe...
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’sConfectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the Peever family from...
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...
