Wavertree

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Map sources for Wavertree at grid reference SJ3889

Wavertree is an area of Liverpool and a Liverpool City Council Ward.

1 Introduction
2 History
3 Some Notable Residents
4 Transport
5 External links

[edit] Introduction

Wavertree is around 30 minutes walk from Liverpool City Centre. The area is highly populated by students of Liverpool's 3 universities, especially the Smithdown Road area. Smithdown Road is famous for "The Smithdown Ten" pub crawl even though the number of pubs in business varies year to year.

Wavertree also boasts a village lock-up that was once used to detain local drunks, and is now a listed building.

[edit] History

The earlest settlement of Wavertree is attested to by the discovery of Bronze Age burial urns in Victoria park. The Doomsday Book reference is "Leving held Wauretreu.There are 2 carucates of land. It was worth 64 pence".

In the past the name has been spelt Watry, Wartre,Waurtree and Wavertree, locals however referred to it as Wa'tree, until the 19th century. The meaning of the name is variously described as 'a wavering tree', 'a clearing in a wood' or 'the place by the common pond'.

Wavertree was part of the parish of Childwall in the West Derby hundred.

A Town Hall was built in 1872 to house the local health board. The motto on the town hall is "sub umbra floresco" or "I flourish in the shade". The town hall is now a Pub.

In 1895 the Village of Wavertree was incorporated into the city of Liverpool.

[edit] Some Notable Residents

Cyril Edward Gourley
George Harrison
Stewart Duckworth Headlam
Andrew Nawrocki, 31 Winchfield Road, he's a famous pole dancer.

[edit] Transport

Wavertree Technology Park railway station
Train times and station information for Wavertree from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Wavertree from Multimap.com

[edit] External links

City of Liverpool
Districts
Aigburth \| Allerton \| Anfield \| Belle Vale \| Broadgreen \| Canning \| Childwall \| Clubmoor \| Croxteth \| Dingle \| Dovecot \| Edge Hill \| Everton \| Fairfield \| Fazakerley \| Garston \| Gateacre \| Grassendale \| Hunts Cross \| Kensington \| Kirkdale \| Knotty Ash \| Mossley Hill \| Netherley \| Norris Green \| Old Swan \| St Michael's Hamlet \| Speke \| Stoneycroft \| Toxteth \| Tuebrook \| Walton \| Wavertree \| West Derby \| Woolton
City Council Wards
Allerton & Hunts Cross \| Anfield \| Belle Vale \| Central \| Childwall \| Church \| Clubmoor \| County \| Cressington \| Croxteth \| Everton \| Fazakerley \| Greenbank \| Kensington & Fairfield \| Kirkdale \| Knotty Ash \| Mossley Hill \| Norris Green \| Old Swan \| Picton \| Princes Park \| Riverside \| Speke Garston \| St Michaels \| Tuebrook and Stoneycroft \| Warbreck \| Wavertree \| West Derby \| Woolton \| Yew Tree