Peveril may refer to:
People
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Peveril William-Powlett
Vice Admiral Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett, (5 March 1898 – 10 November 1985) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station from 1952 to 1954.
Naval career
William-Powlett attended Co ...
(1898–1985), Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station
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Peveril Meigs (1903–1979), American geographer, notable for his studies of arid lands on several continents
Fiction
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Peveril of the Peak
''Peveril of the Peak'' (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with ''Ivanhoe'', ''Kenilworth'', and ''Woodstock'' this is one of the English novels in the Waverley novels series, with the main action taking place around 1678 in t ...
'', the longest novel by the author
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...
Places
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Peveril Castle
Peveril Castle (also Castleton Castle or Peak Castle) is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. It was the main settlement (or ''caput'') of the feudal barony of William Peverel, kn ...
, a ruined early medieval castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire
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Peveril Point
Peveril Point is a promontory on the east-facing coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay. It is located at OS Grid Ref: SZ 041 787.
The rocks that make up ...
, a promontory and part of the town of Swanage in Dorset, England
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Peveril (Greenland), a peak in the
Stauning Alps
The Stauning Alps ( da, Stauning Alper) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively the Stauning Alps are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
This mount ...
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Peveril Bilateral School, former name of Nottingham Girls' Academy, a secondary school and sixth form with academy status
* Peveril, a hamlet within the municipality of
Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, Quebec
Sainte-Justine-de-Newton () is a municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 947. The municipality is situated on Route 325 south of Très-Saint-Rédempteur, just east o ...
, Canada
Ships
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company named four of its ships ''Peveril''. All operated on the Irish Sea.
* A 595-ton, twin-screw Packet Steamer. She sank following a collision with SS ''Monarch'' in 1899.
* A 798-ton, cargo ship which was sold and scrapped in 1964
* A 1,048-ton, motor cargo vessel, which was sold in 1981 and scrapped in 2001.
* A 1,950-ton, ro-ro cargo ferry, which was sold in 2000 and scrapped in 2009.
Locomotives
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No. 6 Peveril'' A 2-4-0 locomotive, built by Beyer-Peacock, Gorton, Manchester, in 1875 for service with the Isle of Man Railway
See also
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Club Sandwich at the Peveril Hotel'', final release by the group Six by Seven
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