by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Rose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingDuck Pond LaneAlton & Cearns Roads Junction,...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Fernleigh, Poplar RdWestholme, Storeton RdHolm Lane CottagesApsley Lodge, Rose MountOxton Old Hall, Talbot RdNunclose, Mount PleasantHawthorn Cottage, Woodchurch 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 - SeesawThe Arno – quoitsThe ArnoThe Arno – SundialThe ArnoThe ArnoThe ArnoThe Arno – Rose GardenThe...
by heritadmin448 | Apr 17, 2018 | Images of Old Oxton
Wellington Road Post OfficeWellington Road shops 1927. There was a draper, butcher, grocer, cycle dealer, fruiterer, chemist, confectioner, florist and dairymanWilliam Male & SonsThe old HSBC bank at the centre of the villageThe Queen’s Arms, Storeton Rd. Thomas...
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 – The School...
