by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Bidston RoadRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresShrewsbury RoadChristchurch RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Nunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesFernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Adams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsQueen’s ArmsBoot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownSwan Hill Dairy, built 1931, employed 60 people and supplied milk to 40,000 Wirral householdsTalbot Hotel, Claughton...
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 – Preparatory...
