by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Rose MountRose MountShrewsbury RoadBirch RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryBidston RoadChristchurch RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Nunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch RdOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdApsley Lodge, Rose MountFernleigh, Poplar RdHolm Lane CottagesWestholme, Storeton 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 – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe Arno - SeesawThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose...
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 standsTalbot Hotel, Claughton FirsSwan Hotel, Holm Lane. A beerhouse was run here from 1864 by Hugh Swan and then by his wife Betty to the...
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...
