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 RoadTemplemore Road, early 1980’sKings MountDuck Pond LaneDuck pond on Fred Adams’ poultry farm opposite the Halfway HouseFairview RoadClaughton Firs, 1930’s. The house at top of Bennett’s Hill, destroyed in the War, was still standingChristchurch RoadShrewsbury RoadBirch RoadSwan HillMill Hill A mill stood here for many years until the1850’s when it was demolishedPoplar RoadDuck Pond LaneRose MountClaughton FirsMill HillVillage Centre, around the turn of the 19th centuryShrewsbury RoadClaughton Firs, probably 1920’sBidston RoadRose MountBalls RoadBidston RoadRose MountFairclough Lane -aerial photo taken 1920 showing Fairclough Lane, end of Glenmore Road and Rose CottageAlton & Cearns Roads Junction, showing horse-drawn bus on regular route to Birkenhead Central Station and Woodside FerryNewburns Lane. The washing hanging outside led to the local name of Dolly Tub RowBeresford RoadAlton RoadChristchurch RoadRose Mount, 1908, showing the premises of Wilsons, family butcher, Rowlands, fishmonger, and Landers, Oxton Stores < Back to Main Images Page