Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Waverley

Waverley, par., Surrey, 2 miles SE. of Farnham, 542 ac. (24 water), pop. 40; has picturesque remains of Waverley Abbey (1128), the first Cistercian house founded in England.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Waverley CP/ExP       Surrey AncC
Place: Waverley

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