Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
The 12th century Waverley Abbey was suppressed in 1536.
Waverley Abbey House was built 1723,
across the river from the old abbey ruins.
It was bought by Thomas Orby Hunter
in 1747.
His daughter
Kitty Hunter
(born 1740)
would have grown
up there.
Thomas Orby Hunter
died in 1769.
His son
Charles Orby Hunter
sold
Waverley Abbey House in 1771.
Sir Walter Scott
used visit the family living at Waverley Abbey House
in the early 19th century.
It is thought that
he used the name for
Waverley (1814),
the first historical novel.
Hence named after it would also be
the
Waverley Novels
and
Waverley Station, Edinburgh
and
Waverley, Sydney.
Waverley Abbey House is now the HQ of the Christian group CWR (Crusade for World Revival).
Waverley Abbey House to N of lake.
Ruins of Waverley Abbey to S,
across pretty bridge.
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Waverley Abbey ruins and Waverley Abbey House in background.
Published in A Topographical History of Surrey, 1850.
From antiqueprints.com.
Waverley Abbey House.
Photo 2006 from here.
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Waverley Abbey House. From the bridge.
Photo 2006 from here.
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Waverley Abbey House.
Photo 2007 by Steven Hodges.
From here.
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The bridge between Waverley Abbey and Waverley Abbey House.
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Photo 2006 from Kaman Chan.
Used with permission.
Waverley Abbey ruins, seen across the bridge, from Waverley Abbey House side.
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Photo 2006 from Kaman Chan.
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See also 2006 shot
looking other way
(towards house).
From here.
Picture by Mark A. Owen.
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Waverley Abbey lake and bridge.
Photo 2005 by Ian Harding.
From here.
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