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{{About|the suburb|the ship named after this area|Wavertree (ship)|other uses|}}
'''Wavertree''' is an area of [[Liverpool]] and a [[Liverpool City Council]] [[Ward (politics)|Ward]].
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| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Liverpool Wavertree]]
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'''Wavertree''' is a district of [[Liverpool]], in the county of [[Merseyside]], England. It is a [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]] of [[Liverpool City Council]], and its population at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 14,772.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689419&c=Wavertree&d=14&e=62&g=6349604&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452612121234&enc=1|title=City of Liverpool Ward population 2011|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> Located to the south and east of [[Liverpool City Centre|the city centre]], it is bordered by various districts and suburbs such as [[Allerton, Liverpool|Allerton]], [[Edge Hill, Liverpool|Edge Hill]], [[Fairfield, Liverpool|Fairfield]], [[Mossley Hill]], [[Old Swan]], and [[Toxteth]].


==Introduction==
==History==
[[File:Wavertree Lock-up - geograph.org.uk - 39230.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Wavertree Lock-up]]]]
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.
Within the boundaries of the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]], the name derives from the [[Old English]] words ''wæfre'' and ''treow'', meaning "wavering tree", possibly in reference to [[aspen]] trees common locally.<ref name="Ref_">{{citation|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/magical/placenames/wavertree.asp|title=Placenames: Wavertree|publisher=National Museums Liverpool|access-date=19 March 2008}}</ref>
It has also been variously described as "a clearing in a wood" or "the place by the common pond".<ref name="Wavertree History: Cricket Club">{{citation|url=http://www.wavertree151yearsofcricket.co.uk/downloads/pp7-8.pdf|title=Wavertree History|publisher=Wavertree Cricket Club|access-date=19 March 2008|isbn=0-7524-3068-8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003132159/http://www.wavertree151yearsofcricket.co.uk/downloads/pp7-8.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> In the past, the name has been spelt ''Watry'', ''Wartre'', ''Waurtree'', ''Wavertre'' and ''Wavertree''. The earliest settlement of Wavertree is attested to by the discovery of [[Bronze Age]] burial [[urn]]s in Victoria Park in the mid-1860s,<ref name="Wavertree History: Cricket Club" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/galleries/history/burial-urn.aspx|title=Burial Urn}}</ref> while digging the footings for houses, two of which were built for Patrick O Connor, patentee, ironmonger, merchant and chair to the Wavertree Local Board of Health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midlandsfloorsprings.co.uk/blog/patrick-oconnors-number-11-door-spring|title=Patrick O Connors Number 11 door spring}}</ref>


The ''[[Domesday Book]]'' reference is "Leving held ''Wauretreu''. There are 2 [[carucate]]s of land. It was worth 64 pence". Wavertree was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] in the [[parish]] of [[Childwall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11018|title=History of Wavertree, in Liverpool and Lancashire|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=27 September 2024}}</ref> in the [[West Derby Hundred]], in 1866 Wavertree became a separate [[civil parish]], from 1894 to 1895 Wavertree was an [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban district]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10136672|title=Relationships and changes Wavertree UD through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=29 September 2024}}</ref> on 1 April 1922 the parish was abolished and merged with Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10384588|title=Relationships and changes Wavertree CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=29 September 2024}}</ref> In 1921 the parish had a population of 45,991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10384588/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Wavertree CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=29 September 2024}}</ref>
Wavertree also boasts a [[village lock-up]] that was once used to detain local drunks, and is now a [[listed building]].


Wavertree also boasts a [[village lock-up]], commonly known as [[Wavertree Lock-up|The Roundhouse]], despite being [[octagon]]al in shape. Built in 1796, and later modified by prominent local resident and architect [[Sir James Picton]], it was once used to detain local drunks. The lock-up was made a [[listed building]] in 1952.<ref name="The Village Green and Lockup">{{citation|url=http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page50.html|title=The Village Green and Lock-up|publisher=Discovering Historic Wavertree|access-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814062218/http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page50.html|archive-date=14 August 2007}}</ref>
==History==
A similar structure, [[Everton Lock-Up]] sometimes called Prince Rupert's Tower, survives in [[Everton, Liverpool|Everton]]. The village green, on which Wavertree's lock-up was built, is officially the only surviving piece of [[common land]] in Liverpool.<ref name="The Village Green and Lockup" />
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 [[carucate]]s of land. It was worth 64 pence".


In 1895, the village of Wavertree was incorporated into the city of Liverpool. Buildings of interest include [[Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree|Holy Trinity Church]], [[Liverpool Reform Synagogue]], the [[Liverpool Blue Coat School|Blue Coat School]], and the [[Royal School for the Blind]], all of which are situated on the same road. [[King David High School, Liverpool|King David High School]], a [[Jewish]]-affiliated school that also accepts students of other faiths and backgrounds, is situated in Wavertree and has a primary school attached to it. [[Wavertree Town Hall]] was built in 1872 as the headquarters of the Wavertree Local Board of Health. Rescued from demolition in 1979, the town hall is now a restaurant.<ref name="Ref_a">{{citation|url=http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page29.html|title=Wavertree Town Hall|publisher=Discovering Historic Wavertree|access-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814062218/http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page29.html|archive-date=14 August 2007}}</ref>
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 is one of the areas in south Liverpool populated by students of Liverpool's three universities, especially the [[Smithdown Road]] area. This road is known for "The Smithdown Ten" [[pub crawl]], although the number of pubs in business varies from year to year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/camra-saddened-demise-liverpool-student-5383731|title=Bell rings for last orders on 'Smithdown Ten' pub crawl|first=Steve|last=Graves|date=30 July 2013|website=liverpoolecho}}</ref> Wavertree is also home to the annual Smithdown Road Festival, with local bars and cafes hosting almost 200 bands every year. The community is ethnically diverse, with significant South Asian and black populations.
Wavertree was part of the [[parish]] of [[Childwall]] in the [[West Derby (hundred)|West Derby hundred]].


==Governance==
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]].
It has been represented in [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]] by [[Paula Barker]] since 2019, of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], in the parliamentary constituency of [[Liverpool Wavertree]]. There are two [[Liverpool City Council]] seats in Wavertree. [[Wavertree Garden Suburb (Liverpool ward)|Wavertree Garden Suburb]] represented by Julie Fadden of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] & [[Wavertree Village (Liverpool ward)|Wavertree Village]] represented by Laurence Sidorczuk of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].


==Education==
In [[1895]] the Village of Wavertree was incorporated into the city of Liverpool.
There are a number of both [[primary school|primary]] and [[secondary school]]s in this densely populated area of Liverpool. In addition to the aforementioned [[Liverpool Blue Coat School|Blue Coat School]], [[Royal School for the Blind]], and [[King David High School, Liverpool|King David High School]], there is also Wavertree [[Church of England]] School, which was renamed from Trinity District in the 1990s. The school celebrated its 150th birthday in September 2017. There is another primary school on South Drive called Our Lady of Good Help. This used to be located in Chestnut Grove next to our Lady's Roman Catholic Church, which is now facing re-development. St Clare's Roman Catholic Primary School is also situated off Smithdown Road.


==Wavertree Playground (The Mystery)==
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==Some Notable Residents==
[[File:Wavertree Town Hall 2020.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wavertree Town Hall]]]]
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*[[Cyril Edward Gourley]]
[[Wavertree Playground]], known locally as The Mystery, was one of the first purpose-built public playgrounds in the UK. Opened in 1895, it is based on land donated to Liverpool Corporation by an anonymous donor (hence its nickname) to be a venue for organised sports, and a place for children from the city's schools to run about in, not a park for "promenading" in the Victorian tradition.<ref name="Ref_b">{{citation|url=http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page31.html|title=Wavertree Playground ('The Mystery')|publisher=Discovering Historic Wavertree|access-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814062218/http://www.dhwav.btinternet.co.uk/page31.html|archive-date=14 August 2007}}</ref> The donor expressed the hope that the City Council "might approve of giving it a fair trial for this purpose&nbsp;... before appropriating it for any other use".
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*[[George Harrison]]

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*[[Stewart Duckworth Headlam]]
The land is currently home to Wavertree Athletics Centre, which boasts many sports facilities including [[tennis court]]s, an all-weather pitch, a [[bowling green]], and an athletic track with grandstand. It also houses Liverpool Aquatics Centre, with two swimming pools, a sports hall, and a lifestyles fitness centre. The athletics centre has produced Olympic athletes such as [[Katarina Johnson-Thompson]], who trains with the Liverpool Harriers team that has made its headquarters at the centre since 1990.

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==Notable people==
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*[[Frederick Noel Ashcroft]], mineral collector and photographer
*[[Ross Barkley]], footballer
*[[Tony Bellew]], boxer
*[[Joan Benesh]], choreographer and dancer
*[[Augustine Birrell]], barrister, politician, and writer
*[[Kim Cattrall]], actress
*[[Kenneth Cope]], actor
*[[Paul Dawber]], actor
*[[Paul Draper (musician)|Paul Draper]], musician
*[[Georgia May Foote]], actress
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*[[Cyril Edward Gourley]], soldier
*[[John Gregson]], actor
*[[Chelcee Grimes]], singer-songwriter
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*[[George Harrison]], musician
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*[[Stewart Duckworth Headlam]], priest
*[[Holly Johnson]], singer
*[[Bill Kenwright]], theatre director
*[[John Lennon]], musician
*[[Norman Rossington]], actor
*[[Leonard Rossiter]], actor
*[[Bertram Peel]], cricketer
*[[Denis Peel]], cricketer
*[[Jimmy Tarbuck]], comedian
*[[James Valiant]], cricketer
*[[Dora Yates]], linguist, Romani scholar. She lived in Marmion Road.<ref>1939 register</ref>
{{div col end}}


==Transport==
==Transport==
*[[Wavertree Technology Park railway station]]
*[[Wavertree Technology Park railway station]]
*[[Edge Hill railway station]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Wavertree}}
* http://www.tsk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/htw/about/history/history.htm
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?pc=L158JS&scale=50000&title=Wavertree+Liverpool Multimap]
* [http://www.liverpoolcitytoday.co.uk/wavertree Wavertree Today]
* [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-29283.pdf Council Ward profile]
* [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-29283.pdf Liverpool City Council, Ward Profile: Wavertree]
* [http://www.studentlettingspoint.com Student Accommodation in Wavertree]
* [http://www.tsk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/htw/about/history/history.htm The History of Holy Trinity Wavertree]
* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=15 Liverpool Street Gallery – Liverpool 15]
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* [http://www.wavertree.org.uk wavertree.org.uk – Photo Mapping the history of L15]
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* [http://www.barcrawl.co.uk/pubcrawl.aspx?Crawl=261 Smithdown Ten Pub Crawl]


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[[Category:Districts of Liverpool]]
[[Category:Areas of Liverpool]]
[[Category:Liverpool City Council Wards]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Merseyside]]
[[Category:Towns in Merseyside]]

Latest revision as of 12:58, 14 December 2024

This article is about the suburb. For the ship named after this area, see Wavertree (ship). For other uses, see Wavertree (disambiguation).

Wavertree
Wavertree is located in Merseyside
Wavertree
Wavertree
Location within Merseyside
Population14,772 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ3889
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL15
Dialling code0151
PoliceMerseyside
FireMerseyside
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UK Parliament
List of places
UK
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53°23′53″N 2°56′01″W / 53.398°N 2.9337°W / 53.398; -2.9337

Wavertree is a district of Liverpool, in the county of Merseyside, England. It is a ward of Liverpool City Council, and its population at the 2011 census was 14,772.[1] Located to the south and east of the city centre, it is bordered by various districts and suburbs such as Allerton, Edge Hill, Fairfield, Mossley Hill, Old Swan, and Toxteth.

History

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Wavertree Lock-up

Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the name derives from the Old English words wæfre and treow, meaning "wavering tree", possibly in reference to aspen trees common locally.[2] It has also been variously described as "a clearing in a wood" or "the place by the common pond".[3] In the past, the name has been spelt Watry, Wartre, Waurtree, Wavertre and Wavertree. The earliest settlement of Wavertree is attested to by the discovery of Bronze Age burial urns in Victoria Park in the mid-1860s,[3][4] while digging the footings for houses, two of which were built for Patrick O Connor, patentee, ironmonger, merchant and chair to the Wavertree Local Board of Health.[5]

The Domesday Book reference is "Leving held Wauretreu. There are 2 carucates of land. It was worth 64 pence". Wavertree was formerly a township in the parish of Childwall[6] in the West Derby Hundred, in 1866 Wavertree became a separate civil parish, from 1894 to 1895 Wavertree was an urban district,[7] on 1 April 1922 the parish was abolished and merged with Liverpool.[8] In 1921 the parish had a population of 45,991.[9]

Wavertree also boasts a village lock-up, commonly known as The Roundhouse, despite being octagonal in shape. Built in 1796, and later modified by prominent local resident and architect Sir James Picton, it was once used to detain local drunks. The lock-up was made a listed building in 1952.[10] A similar structure, Everton Lock-Up sometimes called Prince Rupert's Tower, survives in Everton. The village green, on which Wavertree's lock-up was built, is officially the only surviving piece of common land in Liverpool.[10]

In 1895, the village of Wavertree was incorporated into the city of Liverpool. Buildings of interest include Holy Trinity Church, Liverpool Reform Synagogue, the Blue Coat School, and the Royal School for the Blind, all of which are situated on the same road. King David High School, a Jewish-affiliated school that also accepts students of other faiths and backgrounds, is situated in Wavertree and has a primary school attached to it. Wavertree Town Hall was built in 1872 as the headquarters of the Wavertree Local Board of Health. Rescued from demolition in 1979, the town hall is now a restaurant.[11]

Wavertree is one of the areas in south Liverpool populated by students of Liverpool's three universities, especially the Smithdown Road area. This road is known for "The Smithdown Ten" pub crawl, although the number of pubs in business varies from year to year.[12] Wavertree is also home to the annual Smithdown Road Festival, with local bars and cafes hosting almost 200 bands every year. The community is ethnically diverse, with significant South Asian and black populations.

Governance

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It has been represented in House of Commons by Paula Barker since 2019, of the Labour Party, in the parliamentary constituency of Liverpool Wavertree. There are two Liverpool City Council seats in Wavertree. Wavertree Garden Suburb represented by Julie Fadden of the Labour Party & Wavertree Village represented by Laurence Sidorczuk of the Liberal Democrats.

Education

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There are a number of both primary and secondary schools in this densely populated area of Liverpool. In addition to the aforementioned Blue Coat School, Royal School for the Blind, and King David High School, there is also Wavertree Church of England School, which was renamed from Trinity District in the 1990s. The school celebrated its 150th birthday in September 2017. There is another primary school on South Drive called Our Lady of Good Help. This used to be located in Chestnut Grove next to our Lady's Roman Catholic Church, which is now facing re-development. St Clare's Roman Catholic Primary School is also situated off Smithdown Road.

Wavertree Playground (The Mystery)

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Wavertree Town Hall

Wavertree Playground, known locally as The Mystery, was one of the first purpose-built public playgrounds in the UK. Opened in 1895, it is based on land donated to Liverpool Corporation by an anonymous donor (hence its nickname) to be a venue for organised sports, and a place for children from the city's schools to run about in, not a park for "promenading" in the Victorian tradition.[13] The donor expressed the hope that the City Council "might approve of giving it a fair trial for this purpose ... before appropriating it for any other use".

The land is currently home to Wavertree Athletics Centre, which boasts many sports facilities including tennis courts, an all-weather pitch, a bowling green, and an athletic track with grandstand. It also houses Liverpool Aquatics Centre, with two swimming pools, a sports hall, and a lifestyles fitness centre. The athletics centre has produced Olympic athletes such as Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who trains with the Liverpool Harriers team that has made its headquarters at the centre since 1990.

Notable people

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Transport

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References

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  1. ^ "City of Liverpool Ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ Placenames: Wavertree, National Museums Liverpool, retrieved 19 March 2008
  3. ^ a b Wavertree History (PDF), Wavertree Cricket Club, ISBN 0-7524-3068-8, archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2011, retrieved 19 March 2008
  4. ^ "Burial Urn".
  5. ^ "Patrick O Connors Number 11 door spring".
  6. ^ "History of Wavertree, in Liverpool and Lancashire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Wavertree UD through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Relationships and changes Wavertree CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Population statistics Wavertree CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b The Village Green and Lock-up, Discovering Historic Wavertree, archived from the original on 14 August 2007, retrieved 19 March 2008
  11. ^ Wavertree Town Hall, Discovering Historic Wavertree, archived from the original on 14 August 2007, retrieved 19 March 2008
  12. ^ Graves, Steve (30 July 2013). "Bell rings for last orders on 'Smithdown Ten' pub crawl". liverpoolecho.
  13. ^ Wavertree Playground ('The Mystery'), Discovering Historic Wavertree, archived from the original on 14 August 2007, retrieved 19 March 2008
  14. ^ 1939 register
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