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Wavertree is an area of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, and is a Liverpool City Council ward. Historically in Lancashire, it is bordered by a number of districts to the south and east of Liverpool city centre from Toxteth, Edge Hill, Fairfield, Old Swan, Childwall and Mossley Hill. ==History== The name derives from the Old English words ''wæfre'' and ''treow'', meaning "wavering tree", possibly in reference to aspen trees common locally. It has also been variously described as "a clearing in a wood" or "the place by the common pond". 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-1880s.〔 The ''Domesday Book'' reference is "Leving held ''Wauretreu''. There are 2 carucates of land. It was worth 64 pence". Wavertree was part of the parish of Childwall in the West Derby hundred. 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. 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.〔 Holy Trinity Church was built in 1794 and is situated on Church Road close to the famous Blue Coat School. Wavertree Town Hall was built in 1872 as the headquarters of the Wavertree Local Board of Health. The motto on the town hall is ''sub umbra floresco'' or "I flourish in the shade". Rescued from demolition in 1979, the town hall is now a pub. In 1895, the village of Wavertree was incorporated into the city of Liverpool. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wavertree」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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