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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.

==West Derby Hundred==  

==West Derby Hundred==  

'''West Derby Hundred''', sometimes known as '''West Derbyshire''', is the largest hundred in [[Lancashire]] and effectively forms the south-western part of that county. As well as West Derby itself, all of Liverpool is within the hundred, as are the [[Bootle]], [[Leigh, Lancashire|Leigh]], Halsall, Huyton, Prescot, Ormskirk, St Helens, Sefton, [[Southport]], Walton, the northern part of [[Warrington]], [[Wigan]] and [[Winwick, Lancashire|Winwick]].

'''West Derby Hundred''', sometimes known as '''West Derbyshire''', is the largest hundred in [[Lancashire]] and effectively forms the south-western part of that county. The [[River Mersey]] forms the southern boundary of the Hundred, with the [[Irish Sea]] lying to the west. To the east lies Salford Hundred, with Leyland Hundred being to the north-west.As well as West Derby itself, all of [[Liverpool]] is within the hundred, as are [[Bootle]], [[Leigh, Lancashire|Leigh]], Halsall, Huyton, Prescot, Ormskirk, St Helens, Sefton, [[Southport]], Walton, [[Warrington]] (north of the Mersey), [[Wigan]] and [[Winwick, Lancashire|Winwick]].

 

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