Waverley
Waverley is the name of several different things:
- Waverley (novel), a novel by Sir Walter Scott
- The Waverley Novels, the series of which Waverley was the first
- The Waverley Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel
- The Waverley pen nib, made by Macniven and Cameron. Named after the Waverley novels, it was a popular writing instrument during the nineteenth century.
Places
Australia
- Waverley, New South Wales, a local government area and suburb of Sydney
- Mount Waverley, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
- Glen Waverley, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
- Glen Waverley railway line, a suburban railway in Melbourne
- Waverley Park, a disused sporting stadium in Melbourne, formerly used for Australian rules football
- Waverley, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston
- Waverley, Western Australia, an abandoned goldfields town also known as Siberia
New Zealand
- Waverley, Otago, a suburb of Dunedin
- Waverley, Taranaki, a small town in Taranaki
South Africa
- Waverley, Johannesburg
- Waverley, Bloemfontein
- Waverley, Pretoria
United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Waverley railway station
- Waverley, Rotherham, a region of Rotherham, England
- Waverley, Surrey, a borough in England
- Waverley Abbey, after which the borough is named
United States
- Waverly (Marriottsville, Maryland), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); also spelled Waverley
- Waverley (Morgantown, Maryland), listed on the NRHP
- Waverley, a neighborhood in Belmont, Massachusetts
- Waverley (West Point, Mississippi), a National Historic Landmark
- Waverley Historic District (Enid, Oklahoma), listed on the NRHP
Note: Multiple locations in the U.S. use the spelling "Waverly." See Waverly (disambiguation).
Canada
- Waverley, Nova Scotia, a former village that is now a part of the Halifax Regional Municipality
- Waverley Park (Thunder Bay), a municipal park in Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Waverley No. 44, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality
Transportation
- Waverley (MBTA station), transit station in Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Edinburgh Waverley railway station, the main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Waverley Route, former railway line in Scotland, later reinstated between Edinburgh & Tweedbank
- GWR Waverley Class, class of Great Western Railway's broad-gauge steam locomotives, England
- PS Waverley, paddle steamer based on the River Clyde in Scotland
- Pope-Waverley, early 20th-century automobiles made in Indiana, U.S.
Sporting teams
Rugby Union
- Waverley Rugby Club, based in Waverley, New South Wales
- Waverley Cricket Club, a wandering cricket team from the Surrey/Hants area
Other uses
- Waverley Girls' High School, a high school in Waverley, Johannesburg, South Africa
People
- Viscount Waverley, a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom
See also
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