Wavertree, the Glossary
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75 relations: Aspen, Augustine Birrell, Bertram Peel, Bill Kenwright, Bowling green, Bronze Age, Carucate, Chelcee Grimes, Childwall, Church of England, Common land, Cyril Edward Gourley, Denis Peel, Domesday Book, Dora Yates, Edge Hill railway station, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Everton Lock-Up, Everton, Liverpool, Fairfield, Liverpool, Frederick Noel Ashcroft, George Harrison, Georgia May Foote, Historic counties of England, Holly Johnson, Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree, James Picton, James Valiant, Jews, Jimmy Tarbuck, Joan Benesh, John Gregson, John Lennon, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Kenneth Cope, Kim Cattrall, King David High School, Liverpool, Labour Party (UK), Lancashire, Leonard Rossiter, Listed building, Liverpool, Liverpool Blue Coat School, Liverpool city centre, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Reform Synagogue, Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency), Merseyside, Mossley Hill, Norman Rossington, ... Expand index (25 more) »
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Aspen
Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the Populus genus.
Augustine Birrell
Augustine Birrell KC (19 January 1850 – 20 November 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916.
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Bertram Peel
Bertram Lennox Peel (19 April 1881 – 19 February 1945) was an English first-class cricketer.
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Bill Kenwright
William Kenwright, CBE (4 September 1945 – 23 October 2023) was an English theatre and film producer.
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Bowling green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Carucate
The carucate or carrucate (carrūcāta or carūcāta) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season.
Chelcee Grimes
Chelcee Maria Grimes (born 8 May 1992) is an English singer, songwriter, television presenter, and footballer.
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Childwall
Childwall is a suburb and ward of Liverpool, England, located to the southeast of the city. Wavertree and Childwall are areas of Liverpool.
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.
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Common land
Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel.
Cyril Edward Gourley
Captain Cyril Edward Gourley VC MM (19 January 1893 – 31 January 1982) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Denis Peel
Denis Heywood Peel (1 February 1886 – 25 October 1927) was an English first-class cricketer.
Domesday Book
Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.
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Dora Yates
Dora Esther Yates (26 November 1879 – 12 January 1974) was a British bibliographer, linguist and Romani scholar.
Edge Hill railway station
Edge Hill railway station is a railway station that serves the district of Edge Hill, Liverpool, England and is one of the oldest railway stations in the world.
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Edge Hill, Liverpool
Edge Hill is a district of Liverpool, England, south east of the city centre, bordered by Kensington, Wavertree and Toxteth. Wavertree and Edge Hill, Liverpool are areas of Liverpool.
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Everton Lock-Up
Everton Lock-Up, sometimes referenced by one of its nicknames such as Prince Rupert's Tower or Prince Rupert's Castle, is a village lock-up located on Everton Brow in Everton, Liverpool.
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Everton, Liverpool
Everton is a district of north Liverpool, England, and part of the Liverpool Walton constituency. Wavertree and Everton, Liverpool are areas of Liverpool.
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Fairfield, Liverpool
Fairfield is an area of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, encompassing streets between Tuebrook and Kensington and stretching to Old Swan. Wavertree and Fairfield, Liverpool are areas of Liverpool.
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Frederick Noel Ashcroft
Frederick Noel Ashcroft (1878–1949) was a British mineral collector and scientific photographer whose extensive collections from the period 1914-1938 are held by the Natural History Museum, London.
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George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
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Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is a British actress and model.
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Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others.
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Holly Johnson
William Holly Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s.
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Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree
Holy Trinity Church is in Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
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James Picton
Sir James Allanson Picton (2 December 1805 – 15 July 1889) was an English antiquary and architect who played a large part in the public life of Liverpool.
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James Valiant
James Valiant (17 July 1884 – 28 October 1917) was an English cricketer.
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
Jimmy Tarbuck
James Joseph Tarbuck (born 6 February 1940) is an English comedian, singer, actor, entertainer and game show host.
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Joan Benesh
Joan Benesh (née Rothwell; 24 March 1920 – 27 September 2014) was a British ballet dancer who, with her husband Rudolf, created the Benesh Movement Notation, which is the leading British system of dance notation.
John Gregson
Harold Thomas Gregson (15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975), known professionally as John Gregson, was an English actor of stage, television and film, with 40 credited film roles.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993) is an English athlete.
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Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Charles Cope (born 14 April 1931) is an English retired actor and scriptwriter.
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Kim Cattrall
Kim Victoria Cattrall (born 21 August 1956) is a British and Canadian actress.
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King David High School, Liverpool
King David High School is a mixed voluntary aided Jewish ethos-based secondary school located in the Wavertree district of Liverpool, England.
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor.
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Listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.
Liverpool Blue Coat School
The Liverpool Blue Coat School is a grammar school in Liverpool, England.
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Liverpool city centre
Liverpool city centre is the commercial, cultural, financial and historical centre of Liverpool and the Liverpool City Region, England. Wavertree and Liverpool city centre are areas of Liverpool.
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Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the local authority for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England.
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Liverpool Reform Synagogue
Liverpool Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue in Liverpool, England.
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Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool Wavertree is a borough constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Merseyside
Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England.
Mossley Hill
Mossley Hill is a suburb of Liverpool and a Liverpool City Council ward. Wavertree and Mossley Hill are areas of Liverpool.
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Norman Rossington
Norman Rossington (24 December 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an English actor best remembered for his roles in The Army Game, the ''Carry On'' films and the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night.
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Octagon
In geometry, an octagon is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.
Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Old Swan
Old Swan is an eastern neighbourhood of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, bordered by Knotty Ash, Stoneycroft, Broadgreen, Fairfield and Wavertree. Wavertree and Old Swan are areas of Liverpool.
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.
Paul Dawber
Paul Dawber is a British born-Australian stage, film and television actor.
Paul Draper (musician)
Paul Edward Draper (born 26 September 1970 in Liverpool) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, formerly the frontman of the alternative rock band Mansun.
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Paula Barker
Paula Barker (born 9 May 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree since 2019.
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Primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
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Pub crawl
A pub crawl (sometimes called a bar tour, bar crawl or bar-hopping) is the act of visiting multiple pubs or bars in a single session.
Ross Barkley
Ross Barkley (born 5 December 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Aston Villa.
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Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool
The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool, England, is the oldest specialist school of its kind in the UK, having been founded in 1791.
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Secondary school
A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.
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Smithdown Road
Smithdown Road is a historic street in Liverpool, England, which now forms part of the A562.
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Stewart Headlam
Stewart Duckworth Headlam (12 January 1847 – 18 November 1924) was an English Anglican priest who was involved in frequent controversy in the final decades of the nineteenth century.
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Tennis court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played.
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Tony Bellew
Anthony Lewis Bellew (born 30 November 1982) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2018, and has since worked as a boxing analyst and commentator.
Toxteth
Toxteth is an inner-city area of Liverpool in the county of Merseyside. Wavertree and Toxteth are areas of Liverpool.
Urn
An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal.
Village lock-up
A village lock-up is a historic building once used for the temporary detention of people in England and Wales, mostly where official prisons or criminal courts were beyond easy walking distance.
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Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Wavertree Playground
Wavertree Playground, known locally as The Mystery, is a public park and playground in the Wavertree area of Liverpool, England.
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Wavertree Technology Park railway station
Wavertree Technology Park railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool, at the western end of Olive Mount cutting, on the original Liverpool-Manchester line.
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Wavertree Town Hall
Wavertree Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Wavertree, Merseyside, England.
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West Derby Hundred
The West Derby Hundred (also known as West Derbyshire) is one of the six subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire, in northern England.
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2011 United Kingdom census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.
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See also
Areas of Liverpool
- Aigburth
- Allerton, Liverpool
- Anfield (suburb)
- Baltic Triangle
- Belle Vale, Liverpool
- Broadgreen
- Childwall
- Chinatown, Liverpool
- Clubmoor
- Croxteth
- Dingle, Liverpool
- Dovecot, Liverpool
- Edge Hill, Liverpool
- Everton, Liverpool
- Fairfield, Liverpool
- Fazakerley
- Garston, Liverpool
- Gateacre
- Georgian Quarter, Liverpool
- Gillmoss
- Grassendale
- Hunt's Cross
- Kensington, Liverpool
- Kirkdale, Liverpool
- Knotty Ash
- Liverpool city centre
- Mossley Hill
- Netherley, Liverpool
- Norris Green
- Oglet
- Old Swan
- Orrell Park
- Sefton Park (district)
- Speke
- St Michael's Hamlet
- Stoneycroft
- Toxteth
- Tuebrook
- Vauxhall, Liverpool
- Walton, Liverpool
- Wavertree
- West Derby
- Woolton
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavertree
Also known as Wavertree, Liverpool.
, Octagon, Old English, Old Swan, Parish, Paul Dawber, Paul Draper (musician), Paula Barker, Primary school, Pub crawl, Ross Barkley, Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool, Secondary school, Smithdown Road, Stewart Headlam, Tennis court, Tony Bellew, Toxteth, Urn, Village lock-up, Ward (electoral subdivision), Wavertree Playground, Wavertree Technology Park railway station, Wavertree Town Hall, West Derby Hundred, 2011 United Kingdom census.