Severn Beach - Street & Places Names
Ableton Lane
Origin Unknown. However, the general collection of lanes before 1922 were called "Ableton Lanes". Station Road and Church Road were once Albleton Lanes.
Severnwood Gardens
Unknown Origin
Abbott Road
Mayby so called because of the monks that used to walk along the path (now a public footpath) to the Priory in Shaft Road.
Some say it was named after Robert Strides wifes maiden name, or his agent (Abbott Manson)
or
This road was named after a director of Wessex Water
when they agreed to run a water main to Severn Beach after Bristol Water had
refused.
[Source: Steve Hooper]
Denny Isle Drive
After the island in the Severn (also known as mouse island for obvious reasons)
School Way
Name after the local primary school the road is adjacent to.
Prospect Road
After a large house called Prospect House.
Albert Road
Name after Prince Albert. Albrt & Victoria were used in many areas to name things during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Victoria Crescent
Name after Queen Victoria. Also, it would seem normal that Queen Victoria would take precedence over Albert.
Gorse Cover Road
Was named because before it became the Caravan Park, it was a field covered in gorse and lots of foxes and rabbits lived there. It was where the foxes hid from the Berkeley Hunt in the gorse covert ('Covert' is a traditional hunting term)
Church Road
Because of the church that was located at the end of the road.
Station Road (Formerly part of Ableton Lane and Gravel Road)
Obviously called because of Severn Beach railway station.
Stride Close
Named after Robert Stride the local entrepreneur who essentially created Severn Beach as beach resort.
Salmon Close
Named after the Severn Beach Hotel then later changed to the Severn Salmon public house.
Riverside Park
Named after being next to the River Severn. The name was suggested by the agent to the developer Bob Tapsell. They needed a marketing name and it stuck.
Beach Avenue
Named after the Beach.
Beach Road
This was originally called Beach Way, and the part of Beach Road from Pippets Court to 132 ( Mr Shufflebottom has his fair there and lived in his Caravan) was called West End Road
Osbourne Road
Possibly after Robert Strides solicitor (Osborne Clarkes)
or
This road was named after a director of Wessex Water
when they agreed to run a water main to Severn Beach after Bristol Water had
refused.
[Source: Steve Hooper]
Green Lane
Origin Unknown. Probably just a leafy lane. Original alignment changed when the Second Severn Crossing was built.
Little Green Lane
Origin Unknown. Leads into Church Road. Also known as "Piggy Lane". The alignment was changed by the railway and Second Severn Crossing approach roads.
Shaft Road
Monks used to live in Shaft Road, opposite the Ist house (empty field at present). (See Abbott Road)
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Severn Beach Farm
Was abandoned because of flooding and the building of the Binn Wall, so they built the Elms, Ist house on the left after bungalow in Ableton Lane from A403.
Salthouse Farm
Obviously because of the salt pans that were there.
Gravel Road
Once situated at the of Station Road and was the access road to the Beach. Ableton lane led into Gravel Road.
Gypsies Platt
Origin Unknown. Platt = Path
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A403 (Opposite Gypsies Platt)
Gavier Way
Names given by Developers, names of directors/owners.
Palmer Avenue
Names given by Developers, names of directors/owners.
Source: Mike, Frances.B, Sandra.B, Peter.T, S Hooper
