by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Shrewsbury RoadAlton RoadTemplemore Road, early 1980’sRose MountSwan HillFairview RoadRose MountBidston RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryKings MountBeresford RoadFairclough...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantWestholme, Storeton RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdHolm Lane CottagesFernleigh, 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 Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Said to be inside Wellington Road chemist shop, owned by several pharmacists over the years, including Arthur EllithorneAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest established family business in...
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...
