Waveney may refer to:
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River Waveney
The River Waveney is a river which forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, for much of its length within The Broads. The "ey" part of the name means "river" thus the name is tautological.
Course
The source of the River Wavene ...
, a river that forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England
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Waveney District
Waveney was a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that formed its north-east border. The district council was based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney. The other towns in the district were Bec ...
, a local government district in Suffolk, England
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Waveney (UK Parliament constituency)
Waveney is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Peter Aldous, a Conservative.
History
The seat was created for the 1983 general election following the implementation of the third periodic revi ...
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Waveney class lifeboat
The Waveney-class lifeboat was the first class of lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) capable of operating at speeds in excess of . Based on an American design, 22 saw operational service between 1964 and 1999 ...
, a class of lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution between 1964 and 1999
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HMS ''Waveney'' (1903), a River-class destroyer
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Waveney Valley Line, a branch line running from Tivetshall in Norfolk to Beccles in Suffolk
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Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (25 August 1811 – 15 February 1886) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857.
Life
Born in Ballymena ...
1811–1886 British Liberal Party politician
People with the given name
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Waveney Bicker Caarten
Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten (1902-1990) was an English playwright writing under the name of Waveney Carten in collaboration with her sister, Audrey Carten.
Biography
Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten was born in 1902 into a middle-class family in Bl ...
(1902-1990), an English playwright
See also
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HMS Waveney
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Waveney'', after the River Waveney:
* was a launched in 1903 and sold in 1920.
* was a launched in 1942 and broken up in 1947.
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, a list of ships of the Royal Navy
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Empire Waveney
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
'', an
Empire ship
An Empire ship is a merchant ship that was given a name beginning with "Empire" in the service of the Government of the United Kingdom during and after World War II. Most were used by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which owned them and co ...
built 1929
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