by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Bidston RoadBirch RoadShrewsbury RoadRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sDuck Pond LanePoplar RoadDuck pond...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Apsley Lodge, Rose MountHolm Lane CottagesHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdNunclose, Mount PleasantFernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdWestholme, Storeton 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 ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe...
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 ArmsSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to...
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 Boarding...
