IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Dowles Road, BEWDLEY, DY12 2RB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Dowles Road, DY12 2RB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (446 Images Found)
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Sabrina Drive, Bewdley
Viewed from Dowles Road.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 8 Apr 2007
0.02 miles
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Sabrina Drive
The start of Sabrina Drive, which is a turning off Dowles Road (the B4194). It is a post-World War II residential road. The name derives from the Roman name Sabrina for the local river, which in England we call today the Severn. The name Sabrina was latinised from the Old Welsh name Habren. From the name Habren came the modern Welsh name for the river of Hafryn.
The naming of this road gave rise to some local controversy at the time:- Image
Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 19 Aug 2010
0.06 miles
3
Riverside Meadows (town side), Bewdley
The bungalows in the distance are in Sabrina Drive.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 9 Jul 2011
0.06 miles
4
River Severn, upstream from Bewdley
The view upstream (north) from Bewdley Bridge.
Image: © Andy F
Taken: 12 Apr 2009
0.07 miles
6
Seat decorated for Christmas, Bewdley, Worcs
This seat, overlooking the nearby River Severn, was decorated for Christmas.
Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 4 Jan 2016
0.07 miles
7
Riverside Meadows (town side), Bewdley
The Riverside Meadows are on both sides of the River Severn. This part is on the town side and is near Dog Lane Car Park. Photographed from the opposite side of the river.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 9 Jul 2011
0.07 miles
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Sabrina Drive - what's in a name?
The name Norma Ann Sykes may not mean anything to most people today, but in the 1950's and 60's she was a well-known celebrity, appearing under her stage name of Sabrina (not to be confused with the Italian pop star of the 1980's, who used the same name). The earlier Sabrina had minor parts in lesser-known films, appeared on TV, in adverts and did the usual things that celebrities do. She also made a few records, one or two of which made some progress in the pop charts of those days. However she was particularly known for her striking physical appearance. She was blonde and in the mould of contemporaries like Diana Dors and Jayne Mansfield.
You may well be asking what all this has to do with a minor road in Bewdley. The answer is that when this residential road was being developed, the proposal to name it Sabrina Drive, caused a local outcry amongst some of the good citizens of Bewdley. They were under the mistaken impression that the road was being named in honour of this English celebrity, and felt this would be a negative step. However their minds were put at rest, when it was explained that the road was being named after the Roman name for the River Severn which is also Sabrina. Fans of Norma/Sabrina will be pleased to know she is still alive at the present time, and enjoying retirement in California.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 19 Aug 2010
0.08 miles
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Looking up river from near the bridge, Bewdley
Image: © Jeff Gogarty
Taken: 22 Nov 2022
0.08 miles
