Waverley, South Yorkshire
settlement and civil parish in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Waverley is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in the southeastern part of the county of South Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 140 miles (230 km) north of London, 3.52 miles (5.66 km) from Rotherham town centre and 3.96 miles (6.37 km) from Sheffield City Centre. The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from parts of the parishes of Catcliffe and Orgreave.
History
Waverley sits upon the former Orgreave Colliery, which operated between 1851 and 1990.
Here was the site of the 1984 Battle of Orgreave.
Between 1995 and 2005, the area was used for opencast mining.
Following the closure of the mine, the landowner, Harworth Group, began to redevelop the site.
The name Waverley was chosen after the Waverley Coal Company which had operated nearby in the 1900s.
Some have accused the group of whitewashing by burying the name Orgreave.
The Advanced Manufacturing Park opened in 2004.
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