by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Shrewsbury RoadRose MountBidston RoadChristchurch RoadVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryMill HillBirch RoadBeresford RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerrySwan...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Apsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdWestholme, Storeton RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesOxton Old Hall, Talbot 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 Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno -...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Wellington Road Post OfficeAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsHenderson’s Nursery, Village Road. An Oxton landmark from 1850 to World War II. Latterly occupied land where Talbot Court now standsWellington...
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 School...
