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This link is useful if you're trying to identify DIstricts: http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/REG/ Christine

At the time of the Domesday Book the Manor of West Derby was mentioned, but Liverpool, Thingwall, Garston and Crosby's were not. Though there is evidence that they existed very soon after the survey was made, These last Manors belonged to the successive lords of the Manor of West Derby for three or four hundred years. There was a castle at West Derby where the school is, as Michael Caine would say 'Not Many People Know That '

Cath, i was just about to put these on when i read your reply. so i will do so anyway even though they will not fit now you say her son registered her death(who knows they may be rellies) Benjamin a Shaw, head 32y Rail engine driver (unemployed) bithplace taylor hill york eng. Annie shaw wife 31y birthplace Lpool Lancs address(as above) Lucy shaw dau 10y scholar Lpool Lancs George shaw son 5y scholar Lpool Lancs Annie Shaw dau 11mths Lpool Lancs. john Smith boarder 28y teacher (english)bithplace Ireland All residing at 23 Anglesea Rd walton on the hill liverpool lancs England. PRO REF RG11/3687 Folio 118 page 20. MOE x

Going to do school run will check replys later. Cath

Moe. This research is for a freind of mine . Her son registerd the death as she died at his house in Liverpool .in 1915 . Her son was adopted out and was living in Yorkshire on the 1891 but returned to Liverpool by 1901 but Lucy was not with him in 1891 .I can,t find any lucy that matches on any of the census except these 1881 and 1901 Cath

Cath, how sure are you that you have the right death cert?i suppose she may have been mistranscribed, did she die in the workhouse?...moe

Moe , This a bit of a tricky one as the name of the parents are not known . All i know is that her name was Lucy Shaw . She is in the Walton Workhouse 1881 aged 36 born Liverpool .Yet on her death cert 1915 she wasage 80 . Since she was in Walton workhouse which is under W Derby and born in Liverpool .i was trying to find her on the census but not sure which district to try under .to give me a lead . . Cath

Cath, nowdays its only a part of Liverpool but i think the further you go back the bigger part it plays, if you are looking for someone always try both along with toxteth Park for searching, Can i help? ..MOE!

West Derby is part of Liverpool. From Genuki: West Derby Created 1st July 1837. Sub-districts : Bootle; Crosby; Everton; Fazakerley; Kirkdale; Litherland; North Everton; South Everton; Toxteth Park; Walton; Wavertree; West Derby; West Derby East; West Derby West. GRO volumes : XX (1837-51); 8b (1852-1930). Aintree, Allerton (1837-1924), Bootle cum Linacre, Childwall (1837-1924), Croxteth Park, Everton (1837-1924), Fazakerley (1837-1924), Ford, Garston (1837-1924), Great Crosby, Ince Blundell, Kirkby, Kirkdale (1837-1924), Litherland, Little Crosby, Lunt, Netherton, Orrell, Seaforth, Sefton, Thornton, Toxteth Park (1837-80), Walton on the Hill (1837-1924), Waterloo, Wavertree (1837-1924), West Derby (1837-1924), West Derby Rural. Registers now divided between Liverpool, Sefton South and Knowsley districts.

Yes i am a bit thick when it comes to districts . Can any one tell me was West Derby part of Liverpool or vise /versa Cath