Roads & Streets |Published on: Apr 17, 2018|Categories: Images of Old Oxton| Duck Pond Lane – until relatively recently there was a duck pond at the bottom near the junction with Woodchurch RoadRose MountClaughton FirsShrewsbury RoadDuck Pond LanePoplar RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageBidston RoadBidston RoadRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton StoresRose MountChristchurch RoadAlton RoadNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryBeresford RoadMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedKings MountMill HillRose MountBirch RoadClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sDuck Pond LaneChristchurch RoadShrewsbury RoadFairview RoadAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerrySwan HillDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseTemplemore Road, early 1980’sBalls Road < Back to Main Images Page