My wife's ancestors - Hunter - Contents
Waverley Abbey House, Surrey
NOT Waverly.On SE side of Farnham, Surrey, on the River Wey. See map and satellite image.
Waverley Abbey House.
See larger and full size. Photo 2006 from Kaman Chan.
And similar shot from Kaman Chan.
Used with permission.
Waverley Abbey was suppressed 1536,
soon became a ruin.
Ruins survive today.
Waverley Abbey House was built 1723,
across the river from the old abbey ruins,
bought by Thomas Orby Hunter 1747,
Kitty Hunter
grew up there,
sold by
Charles Orby Hunter 1771.
Sir Walter Scott
used visit the family living at Waverley Abbey House
in the early 19th cent,
and 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
(or via here,
also here
and here)
is now the HQ of the Christian group
CWR
(Crusade for World Revival).
See images.
Waverley Abbey House.
Waverley Abbey House to N of lake, ruins of Waverley Abbey to S (drag picture to reveal) across pretty bridge.
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From Google Maps.
Waverley Abbey ruins and Waverley Abbey House in background.
Published in A Topographical History of Surrey, 1850.
From antiqueprints.com,
who give permission for non-commercial use.
Waverley Abbey House.
Photo 2006 from here.
Used with permission.
Waverley Abbey House. From the bridge.
Photo 2006 from here.
Used with permission.
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Waverley Abbey House.
Photo 2007 by Steven Hodges.
From here.
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See larger
and full size.
The bridge between Waverley Abbey and Waverley Abbey House.
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and full size.
Photo 2006 from Kaman Chan.
Used with permission.
Waverley Abbey ruins, seen across the bridge, from Waverley Abbey House side.
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and full size.
Photo 2006 from Kaman Chan.
Used with permission.
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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See full size.
