Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Shrewsbury RoadDuck Pond LaneShrewsbury RoadMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedClaughton FirsNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite...
Houses

Houses

Oxton Old Hall, Talbot RdHolm Lane CottagesNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountWestholme, Storeton RdFernleigh, Poplar Rd < Back to Main Images...
Leisure

Leisure

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 – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno –...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Adams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest established family business in OxtonWilliam Male & SonsSaid to be inside Wellington Road chemist shop, owned by several pharmacists over the years,...
Churches

Churches

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...
Schools

Schools

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 SchoolBirkenhead School...