West Derby

Coordinates: 53°26′02″N 2°54′25″W / 53.4338°N 2.9070°W / 53.4338; -2.9070

West Derby (ⁱ/ˈdɑːbi/ DAR-bi) is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2001 Census, the population of the ward was 14,801, (7,182 males, 7,619 females). reducing to 14,382 at the 2011 Census.

History

Mentioned in the Domesday Book, West Derby achieved significance far earlier than Liverpool itself. The name West Derby comes from an Old Norse word meaning "place of the wild beasts" or "wild deer park" and refers to the deer park (now Croxteth Park) established there by King Edward the Confessor. West Derby became the main administrative area for the Norman Conquests and was the largest area within the West Derby Hundred which covered most of south west Lancashire.

West Derby once had a Motte and Bailey castle, now completely disappeared. There is also some suggestion of a Roman site on a street called Castlesite (nicknamed "The Rosies" by some locals). The site is now a small public park, the shape and dimensions of which are similar to that of a Roman barracks or castra. The remnants of a wooden castle were unearthed on this plot during excavations in the mid 1930s.

West Derby Hundred

The West Derby Hundred is one of the six subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire, in northern England. It was sometimes known as West Derbyshire, the name alluding to its judicial centre being the township of West Derby (the suffix -shire meaning the territory was appropriated to the prefixed settlement).

It covered the southwest of Lancashire, containing the ancient ecclesiastical parishes of Walton, Sefton, Childwall, Huyton, Halsall, Altcar, North Meols, Ormskirk, Aughton, Warrington, Prescot, Leigh, Liverpool, and Winwick. It corresponds roughly to areas of Merseyside north of the River Mersey and also covered parts of modern West Lancashire Borough, Wigan Borough, Warrington Borough and Halton Borough.

History

Domesday Book

When the Domesday Book was compiled, this hundred was composed of three separate hundreds of West Derby, Warrington and Newton in Makerfield. The hundreds possibly united in the reign of Henry I. The hundred is surrounded on the west by the Irish Sea and in the south west and south by the River Mersey and Glazebrook, to the east is Salford Hundred and to the north west the River Douglas and Leyland Hundred. Apart from the manor which contained West Derby Castle, said to have been built by Roger of Poitou, there were several other manors which were owned by the Lord of the manor for his own use. At the time of the Conquest these manors incorporated six berewicks encompassing the villages of Thingwall, Liverpool, Great Crosby, Aintree, Everton, Garston and Hale.

West Derby (ward)

West Derby is a Liverpool City Council ward within the Liverpool West Derby Parliamentary constituency. It was formed for the 2004 Municipal elections comprising most of the pre-2004 Croxteth ward, incorporating small parts of Gilmoss and Broadgreen wards.

It is centred on West Derby village and incorporates Blackmoor Park Junior school, St. Paul's primary school, St. Mary's primary school and Holly Lodge secondary school.

Councillors

The ward has returned seven Councillors

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

Elections of the 2000s

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned at this election.

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Coordinates: 53°26′02″N 2°54′27″W / 53.4338°N 2.9074°W / 53.4338; -2.9074

Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°26′20″N 2°53′28″W / 53.439°N 2.891°W / 53.439; -2.891

Liverpool, West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stephen Twigg of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Anfield, Breckfield, and West Derby.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Croxteth and West Derby.

1955-1983: The County Borough of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, and Gillmoss.

1983-1997: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, and Pirrie.

1997-2010: The City of Liverpool wards of Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dovecot, Gillmoss, Pirrie, and Tuebrook.

2010-present: The City of Liverpool wards of Croxteth, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook and Stoneycroft, West Derby, and Yew Tree.

The constituency is one of five covering the city of Liverpool and covers the northeast of the city, including Croxteth, Gillmoss, Knotty Ash, Norris Green, Tuebrook, and Stoneycroft as well as West Derby itself.

Derby (1971 film)

Derby is a 1971 American documentary film directed by Robert Kaylor about the world of professional roller derby in the 1970s. The film is also known as Roller Derby in the United Kingdom.

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Derby (disambiguation)

Derby is the county town of Derbyshire, England.

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