West Derby is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, England, that achieved significance far earlier than Liverpool itself. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mentioned in the Domesday Book, its name comes from a Viking word meaning "place of the wild beasts" and named an administrative area called the West Derby hundred, or West Derbyshire, which covered south west Lancashire. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas The hundred of West Derby (sometimes known as West Derbyshire) was an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire, England Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea It is also a Liverpool City Council ward. See City of Liverpool for other meanings Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district It is also a nice area to live.
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History
It was home to the Earls of Sefton (family name Molyneux), whose house, Croxteth Hall, and the surrounding countryside estate now forms Croxteth Park, an attractive public space. The title Earl of Sefton was created in the Peerage of Ireland in1771 for the 8th Viscount Molyneux, and the once Aristocratic Molyneux Croxteth Hall is the former country estate and ancestral home of the Molyneux family the Earls of Sefton. The former UK soap opera Brookside was filmed on a housing estate built on some of Lord Sefton's estate. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Brookside, commonly referred to as "Brookie" was a Soap opera set in Liverpool, England, introduced with the then new British This is the actual birth place of Adam Fitzsimmons, son of sinbad, whilst filming an episode of Brookside
West Derby once had a castle, now completely disappeared, but still retains a courthouse built under Queen Elizabeth I: the first court in West Derby was established around 1,000 years ago. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages.
The West Derby Courthouse, built in 1586, was restored and conserved in 2005. It is the only freestanding post-medieval courthouse in Britain. The tiny Grade II*-listed building is open to the public between 2 pm and 4 pm every Sunday except Easter from April to October inclusive, admission free.
Opposite the Courthouse is a set of Victorian cast iron stocks once used as a public restraint punishment for offenders the villages used fruit and rotten vegetables to throw at the offenders. The stocks were placed in their current position to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. The stocks where removed for about 2 months in 2008 while the setting of the stocks was made more modern and suitible for the time, the stocks where put back.
There is also some suggestion of a Roman site on a street called Castlesite (nicknamed "The Rosies" by some locals). Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC 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 Latin word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military The remnants of a wooden castle were unearthed on this plot during excavations in the mid 1930s.
Organisations
The world famous Alder Hey Children's Hospital is on the south side of West Derby, on Eaton Road. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a Children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool.
West Derby has been the home for the training grounds of two English Football League teams: Everton F.C., at Bellefield, and Liverpool F.C., at Melwood. The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Melwood, in West Derby, Liverpool, is home to Liverpool FC 's training ground However in 2007 Everton moved to their new complex in south Liverpool called Finch Farm. Finch Farm is the training ground for Everton FC, in the Knowsley suburb of Halewood.
The West Derby Society was founded in 1977 and holds regular monthly meetings and outings. It also lobbies on planning and environmental issues.
The West Derby Community Association, a registered charity, runs a community centre at Grade II-listed Lowlands in West Derby. Lowlands was recently awarded a £1 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant for access, renovation and conservation work scheduled to begin in autumn 2007.
People
West Derby is home to a number of schools that have produced famous students; West Derby School[1] (Craig Charles), St. Edward's College (Sir Terry Leahy and Mike Slemen England rugby star,, Michael Williams) and Cardinal Heenan (Steven Gerrard, Mike di Scala). Craig Charles (born 11 July, 1964 in Liverpool, England) is an English Actor, Stand up comedian, Author St Edward's College is top rated voluntary aided Catholic school in the UK located in the West Derby suburb of Liverpool. Sir Terry Leahy (born 28 February 1956) is the CEO of Tesco, with his wife Alison and three children Michael Williams may refer to Michael Williams (actor (1935&ndash2001 British actor and husband of Judi Dench Michael K Steven George Gerrard MBE (ˈdʒɛrɑd born 30 May 1980 Whiston Merseyside) is an English football player Mike Di Scala is a British musician from Liverpool He is most famous for being the singer and producer in Ultrabeat but he is a well known DJ and producer on his own or
Well known residents of West Derby have been; Adam Kirkpatrick, Shakespearian actor Leslie Banks, Pete Best, the first The Beatles drummer who lived in Haymans Green the home of the Jakaranda club where the Beatles first practised; Bill Shankly the iconic Liverpool FC football manager, whose house overlooked Bellefield; Carla Lane the scriptwriter, lived close by, as did Eddie Braben, the scriptwriter for Morecambe and Wise, Bessie Braddock the famous Liverpool Exchange Division MP lived behind his house. Leslie Banks, CBE ( 9 June 1890 &ndash 21 April 1952) was an English Theatre and cinema Actor Pete Best (b 24 November 1941 in Madras, British India) is a The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 William "Bill" Shankly, OBE ( September 2, 1913 &ndash September 29, 1981) was one of Britain 's most successful Carla Lane, OBE (born Romana Barrack, August 5 1937 in Liverpool) is an English television Writer, writing Eddie Braben (born 31 October 1930 in Liverpool, England) is a comedy writer and performer who has provided material for such figures as Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, usually referred to as Morecambe and Wise, were a British comic Double act, working in variety, radio Film Elizabeth Margaret Braddock JP ( Liverpool, 24 September 1899 &ndash 13 November 1970) better known as Bessie Liverpool Exchange was a Borough constituency within the city of Liverpool in England, centred around Liverpool Exchange railway station.
Transport
West Derby railway station was located on the North Liverpool Extension Line this has been turned in to a fire place shop. West Derby railway station was a station located on the North Liverpool Extension Line to the south of Mill Lane West Derby, Liverpool, England The North Liverpool Extension Line is a now-disused Railway line in Liverpool, England. the routes on to the track are still there but one of the passages have been closed off to the public. The track is no longer there as it has been made in to a Walking track from Southport to Liverpool or visa versa.
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