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- West Derby has been around for a very long time. It was originally a Viking village hundreds of years ago. The Vikings named it West Derby, which means ‘deer village’. It was surrounded by a forest. A river also built the village, which was useful, because cargo could come in and the villagers had fresh water to drink.
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West Derby (/ ˈdɑːrbi / ⓘ DAR-bee) is a suburb of Liverpool, in the county of Merseyside, England. It is located east of the city and is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382. [1] History. West Derby. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, West Derby achieved significance far earlier than Liverpool itself. [2] .
West Derby Village is one of Britain’s most picturesque city villages. It was an established community long before Liverpool existed. Only a manor farm called Esmedune stood near where the city centre is today. West Derby grew in stature when William of Normandy conquered England in 1066.
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- Medieval West Derby
- The 18th Century
- The Residential Boom
- Becoming Liverpool
The natural landscape of south west Lancashire had an important effect on the origins and development of West Derby. The topography influenced its location, and still leaves clues in the layout of the suburb today.
A Bronze Age stone axe or hammer was foundon Clubmoor Recreation Ground when air raid shelters were built. Flint scrapers were found on the site of Elm House, on the outskirts of Old Swan near Edge Lane. And an adze was found north of Craven Wood, north of Croxteth Brook, in around 1930.
In the years after 1066 the history of West Derby is closely linked with the feudal system which came into force with William I’s reign. At the time of Domesday, West Derby had 6 berewicks, one of which was Liverpool. How many (or rather, how few) people lived in the place called Liverpool at his point will probably never be known. West Derby emerg...
The oldest detailed map of the area is a survey of the Molyneux estate from 1769. It shows Town Row with around half a dozen houses on it, with almost all other buildings clustered in the village centre. Although the map stretches to ‘Moss Lane’ (the future Queens Drive), there is little else in the built environment
When the 19th century began, West Derby was on the cusp of a transformation. Large houses would be built, as men and women of wealth moved out of the city centre and inner suburbs, as the latter became crowded with terraces. As late as 1825 the entrance to Croxteth Park was on Meadow Lane. In 1830 the Earl of Sefton bought two fields from the Marqu...
In 1835 a large portion of West Derby was taken into Liverpool, with the rest brought in in 1895. In 1871 the population was 50,681. This was the time when the first large houses were built. The suburb attracted international consuls, who built large houses on Eaton Road from the middle of the 19th century. The houses on Hayman’s Green date from th...
Liverpool is steeped in history, but West Derby was once bigger news than the entire city put together! While King John was busy installing ferries and drawing crests, West Derby was…well, read on to discover this suburb’s exciting former life and find out why it is thriving today with new eateries, stores and independents.
Feb 9, 2022 · We're back discovering more of Liverpool City Region and this week Josh & Rach are visiting West Derby, one of Merseyside's oldest suburbs, with all the info on what to discover and where...
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The Vikings named it West Derby, which means ‘deer village’. It was surrounded by a forest. A river also built the village, which was useful, because cargo could come in and the villagers...
West Derby is a village in Lancashire which has become a suburb in the north of Liverpool. At the 2011 Census, the population was of the West Derby ward was 14,382. The village gives its name to the West Derby Hundred of Lancashire.
