by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Christchurch RoadSwan HillBirch RoadBalls RoadTemplemore Road, early 1980’sShrewsbury RoadMill HillRose MountDuck Pond LanePoplar RoadClaughton FirsRose MountFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Fernleigh, Poplar RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdWestholme, Storeton RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesApsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 - SeesawThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno –...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Henderson’s Nursery, Village Road. An Oxton landmark from 1850 to World War II. Latterly occupied land where Talbot Court now standsSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the 1880’sAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose...
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...
