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4 unusual facts about West Derby


Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust runs Alder Hey Children's Hospital a children's hospital in West Derby, Liverpool.

Leslie Banks

Leslie Banks was born in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, to George and Emily (née Dalby) Banks.

Vince Earl

In November 2007, Earl returned to the set of Brookside in West Derby, Liverpool for an interview with ITV Local News to celebrate 25 years since the show started on Channel 4.

Westleigh, Greater Manchester

Westleigh was a township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Leigh in the hundred of West Derby in Lancashire.


William Imrie

At a dinner in Broughton Hall, West Derby, Ismay and Imrie decided they would form a partnership.

William Lassell

He built an observatory at his house "Starfield" in West Derby, a suburb of Liverpool.


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Abdullah Quilliam

Quilliam established the Liverpool Muslim Institute at 8 Brougham Terrace, West Derby Road, Liverpool in 1889, opening on Christmas Day.

Alfred Theodore MacConkey

MacConkey, the son of a West Derby minister, studied medicine at Cambridge and Guy's Hospital.

Olympia Theatre

Liverpool Olympia, situated next to The Grafton Ballroom on West Derby Road, Liverpool, England

Sir Edward Bates, 1st Baronet

He lived at Bellefield, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, Manydown Park, Hampshire, and Gyrn Castle, Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales.

William Rutherford

Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet (1853–1927), British politician, MP for West Derby and Edge Hill