Roads & Streets

Roads & Streets

Bidston RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryChristchurch RoadPoplar RoadDuck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with...
Houses

Houses

Apsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdWestholme, Storeton RdHolm Lane Cottages < 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 ArnoThe Arno - SeesawThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe Arno –...
Commercial Premises

Commercial Premises

Queen’s ArmsAdams’ Butchers, 1 Rose Mount. The business moved here when it outgrew Claughton Firs premises. It is now the oldest established family business in OxtonThe old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageTalbot Hotel, Claughton FirsAdams’ Butchers, 10 Claughton...
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...