Waverley

English

Etymology

From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

Proper noun

Waverley

  1. A very rare Scottish surname of unknown origin.
  2. The main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT258738).
    • 2025 March 19, “Investment pays off in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 56:
      Waverley has plenty of eateries scattered around its 21 platforms, giving opportunities to stock up during our 20-minute connection period.
  3. Any of several placenames in several countries:
    1. An eastern suburb and local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A rural locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.
    3. A suburb of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
    4. A ghost town in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
    5. A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. [1]
    6. A town in south Taranaki, New Zealand. [2]
    7. A local government district with borough status in southern Surrey, England.
    8. A community and civil parish with a community council in Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4187). [3]

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ NZ Topo Map (Dunedin)
  2. ^ NZ Topo Map (Taranaki)
  3. ^ Parish map (South Yorkshire)
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