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'''West Derby''', a historically important medieval manor, is a village in [[Lancashire]] that now forms a suburb of [[Liverpool]]. It lends its name to the largest hundred in the county palatine.
The area's history as an administrative centre dates back over 1000 years, when a Wapentake courthouse was established there by the Vikings.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/mersey_times/issue_05/west_derby_village/court_house.shtml West Dervy Courthouse - Liverpool - BBC] </ref> West Derby (then called ''Derbei'') was the largest settlement in [[Cheshire]] at the time of the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' (1086).<ref>[https://opendomesday.org/county/cheshire/ Cheshire - Domesday Book]</ref> At this time, Liverpool was one of six berewicks (outlying estates) of West Derby.<ref>[https://historic-liverpool.co.uk/historic-townships/westderby/ History of West Derby: medieval manor and consular suburb]</ref> The district was incorporated into Liverpool between 1835, when the city's administrative boundaries expanded to include West Derby, and 1922, when the West Derby civil parish was abolished.
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[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Liverpool]]
The area's history as an administrative centre dates back over 1000 years, when a Wapentake courthouse was established there by the Vikings.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/mersey_times/issue_05/west_derby_village/court_house.shtml West Dervy Courthouse - Liverpool - BBC] </ref> West Derby (then called ''Derbei'') was the largest settlement in [[Cheshire]] at the time of the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' (1086).<ref>[https://opendomesday.org/county/cheshire/ Cheshire - Domesday Book]</ref> At this time, Liverpool was one of six berewicks (outlying estates) of West Derby.<ref>[https://historic-liverpool.co.uk/historic-townships/westderby/ History of West Derby: medieval manor and consular suburb]</ref> The district was incorporated into Liverpool between 1835, when the city's administrative boundaries expanded to include West Derby, and 1922, when the West Derby civil parish was abolished.
==Referecnes==
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[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Liverpool]]