by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Alton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sDuck Pond Lane – until...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Apsley Lodge, Rose MountHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdFernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesOxton Old Hall, Talbot 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 – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – SundialThe Arno – Rose GardenThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Queen’s ArmsWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanBoot Repairers, Prices Lane, date unknownHenderson’s Nursery, Village Road. An Oxton landmark from 1850 to World War II....
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 SchoolBirkenhead School...
