Waverley is a suburb of

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, South Africa. A suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded by Bramley,

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and Savoy Estate. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Waverley is located close to the M1 highway, running North and South through Johannesburg.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old

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farm called ''Syferfontein''. It was proclaimed as a suburb on 9 April 1903. Its name has like many of the suburbs around it, a Scottish theme, named after the novel ''Waverley'' by

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Education

The suburb has two schools.

Waverley Girls' High School Waverley Girls' High School is a public school for girls located in the suburb of Waverley in Johannesburg, South Africa. History Early history Plans for building the school started back in 1952, and the school was completed in 1953. It fina ...

which opened in January 1953. The other is St Mary's School, an Anglican Church girls school which opened on the site in 1934 but whose history goes back to its origins in 1888 in Jeppestown.

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