Manor Court House, West Derby

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The Old Courthouse

Manor Court House, West Derby, Liverpool, England. The present building is the result of a rebuilding in 1662 of the courthouse previously rebuilt in 1586 by Queen Elizabeth I. There has been a courthouse in West Derby for over 1,000 years since the Wapentake court of the Vikings.

It is constructed of sandstone as a single storey building with a stone tiled roof, and has one window and a studded door. The interior has the Steward's bench and Jury benches surrounding a table. The Steward was traditionally a member of the Molyneux family of nearby Croxteth Hall. The court dealt with minor offences such as drunkenness, vagrancy or failing to control animals and could only issue fines; failure to pay the fine could lead to time in the adjacent stocks, now relocated across the road. [1]

It is jointly maintained by Liverpool City Council and the West Derby Society and open to the public on Sunday afternoons between April and October. It is a Grade II* listed building. [2]

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References

  1. "Liverpool's 400-year-old courthouse where you could be put in the stocks for not having a pig-ring". Liverpool Echo. June 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. "Name: THE OLD COURT HOUSE List entry Number: 1068420". English Heritage. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

Coordinates: 53°25′59″N2°54′36″W / 53.433°N 2.910°W / 53.433; -2.910