Talk:Bewdley

Bewdley, an anomalous outlying part of Wales

I live close to Bewdley and have never heard about this; I can also find no sources substantiating it. Could somebody provide a source for this information? --Shastrix 22:58, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I live in Bewdley, and I can assure you that we are most definitely English! It sounds like one of those laws like the one supposedly allowing people in Chester to shoot Welshmen with longbows (or whatever it is), and I can see no value at all in leaving it in. So I've hacked it out. Loganberry 16:16, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Going back over 1,000 years, the border between England and Wales was the River Severn. This put the small community that later became known as Bewdley, firmly on the Welsh side. Now it's at least 25 miles to the east of the Welsh border.

Pronunciation question

The article needs a pronunciation note, at least for us poor Yanks who don't know how to pronounce your bizarre city names. ;) Is it "boo-dlee", or "boh-dlee", or "bow-dlee" or what? Kasreyn 05:40, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose your "boo-dlee" might be the nearest. "Bew" is pronouced similarly to "pew" as used in churches, so you end up with "bew-d-lee" DonBarton 12:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Slur "Bee-oo" into one syllable, followed by a simple "dlee". —Cuiviénen (talk•contribs), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 @ 23:44 UTC

Hannon le, mellon! Now all we need is an IPA pronunciation note on the article. How do I add that? Kasreyn 00:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Going by the article IPA chart for English, the IPA pronunciation is probably bjuːd.liː, but I'm not really sure how the stressor symbols work. —Cuiviénen (talk•contribs), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 @ 16:36 UTC

Pictures on this site

Hello! I think the picture of the street is really boring. Could someone near Bewdley or from Bewdley take a new Picture and put it here. This can be this famous bridge from the side or the townhall from the front or the whole city from birdview. That would be great. StefanvH 09:49, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]