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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.

'''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. As of 2021, the West Derby ward had a population of 13,837.<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/wards/liverpool/E05000913__west_derby/ West Derby (Ward, United Kingdom)]</ref> It sits in the north-east of the city, south of [[Croxteth]], west of Yew Tree, north of [[Knotty Ash]], east of Tuebrook, Stoneycroft and Clubmoor, and south-east of [[Norris Green]].

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 name of the Earldom of Derby (first creation 1139) confers its title from West Derby (as opposed to [[Derby]] or [[Derbyshire]]).<ref>Stanley, Peter Edward, ''The House of Stanley: The History of an English Family from the 12th Century'' (Pentland Press, 1998), p. 139</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.

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 name of the Earldom of Derby (first creation 1139) confers its title from West Derby (as opposed to [[Derby]] or [[Derbyshire]]).<ref>Stanley, Peter Edward, ''The House of Stanley: The History of an English Family from the 12th Century'' (Pentland Press, 1998), p. 139</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.