Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Rose MountChristchurch RoadFairview RoadBidston RoadAlton RoadDuck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with Woodchurch RoadRose MountBirch RoadRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher,...
Houses

Houses

Apsley Lodge, Rose MountOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHolm Lane CottagesFernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno – Rose GardenThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Talbot Hotel, Claughton Firs. Built between 1847 & 1875 in a curve round the bend between Rose Mount and Claughton Firs. Demolished 1967, rebuilt 1969 as Oxton ArmsAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton Firs. The business was started here c. 1909 by George Henry AdamsThe...
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 School – The School...