by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Duck Pond LaneBidston RoadVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryChristchurch RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingClaughton FirsBalls RoadFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Westholme, Storeton RdHolm Lane CottagesOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar 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 – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
The Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas Hughes (of Hughes Lane) was publican from 1845, followed by his son, also Thomas, in 1874. (Picture is modern interpretation)Confectioner’s, 37 Rose Mount, owned by the Peever family from 1914. They also owned a dairy at no....
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...
