by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Bidston RoadDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowPoplar RoadVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryMill HillFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdNunclose, Mount PleasantFernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdHolm Lane Cottages < 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 ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Adams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsSaid to be inside Wellington Road chemist shop, owned by several pharmacists over the years, including Arthur EllithorneThe old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageSwan...
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 – Chapel...
