# Bridstow > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bridstow > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bridstow.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridstow > Source revision: 1335182377 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village and parish in Herefordshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name = Bridstow |coordinates = {{coord|51.920|-2.605|display=inline,title}} |country = England |static_image = St. Bridget's Church, south facade - geograph.org.uk - 520214.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption = St Bridget's Church, Bridstow |constituency_westminster = [Hereford and South Herefordshire](/source/Hereford_and_South_Herefordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) |post_town = ROSS-ON-WYE |postcode_district = HR9 |postcode_area = HR |dial_code = 01989 |os_grid_reference = SO 583247 |unitary_england = [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire) |lieutenancy_england = [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire) |population = 859 |population_ref = (Parish) |region = West Midlands }} '''Bridstow''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire), England, 2 km (1.2 miles) west of [Ross-on-Wye](/source/Ross-on-Wye) and 17 km (10.6 miles) south-east of [Hereford](/source/Hereford). The parish is bounded to the east and south by the [River Wye](/source/River_Wye). The [A40 road](/source/A40_road) linking the [M50 motorway](/source/M50_motorway_(Great_Britain)) to [South Wales](/source/South_Wales) runs through the parish, crossing the Wye at Bridstow Bridge. The parish had a population of 906 in the [2011 UK census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011), and an estimated population of 941 in 2018.[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/county_of_herefordshire/E04000709__bridstow/ City Population site. Retrieved 28 May 2020.] ==Heritage== The largest village in the parish is [Wilton](/source/Wilton%2C_Herefordshire), site of the [Grade I listed](/source/Listed_building) [Wilton Castle](/source/Wilton_Castle) and [Wilton Bridge](/source/Wilton_Bridge). The ''Liber Llandavensis'' (Book of Llandaff) records that in 1066, Herewald, [Bishop of Llandaff](/source/Bishop_of_Llandaff), appointed Guollguinn as priest there. Wilton (as Wiltone) and Ashe Ingen (as Ascis) appear in the 1086 [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book).[http://www.bosci.net/LOWV/Village%20pages%20-%20Bridstow.htm Landscape Origins of the Wye Valley. Retrieved 4 May 2020.] The [parish church](/source/parish_church), dedicated to [St Bridget](/source/Brigit_of_Kildare), has a tower in the [Perpendicular style](/source/English_Gothic_architecture). The rest of the exterior was rebuilt in 1862 to a design by [Thomas Nicholson](/source/Thomas_Nicholson_(architect)). The stained glass is by [Charles Kempe](/source/Charles_Eamer_Kempe). ===1870s=== Published in 1870–1872, [John Marius Wilson](/source/John_Marius_Wilson)'s ''[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales](/source/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_England_and_Wales)'' describes Bridstow as "a parish in Ross district, Hereford; on the River Wye, adjacent to the [Monmouth and Hereford railway](/source/Ross_and_Monmouth_Railway),{{cite web |url=https://museumwithoutwalls.uk/the-railway-in-ross/ |title=10 The Railway in Ross |access-date=27 January 2026 |date=2026}} 1 mile W by N of Ross. Post Town, Ross. Acres, 2,199. Real property, £5,506. Pop., 717. Houses, 143. [Wilton Castle](/source/Wilton_Castle) here is an old seat of the Lords [Grey de Wilton](/source/Baron_Grey_de_Wilton), burnt in the [Civil Wars](/source/English_Civil_War), and now an ivy-clad ruin. The living is a vicarage in the [Diocese of Hereford](/source/Diocese_of_Hereford). Value, £276.*{{efn|The asterisk (*) throughout the Gazetteer signifies a habitable [glebe-house](/source/Glebe).Wilson, John Marius (1870). [https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee00wils/page/n12/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'']. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton. p. 1. }} Patron, the [Bishop of Hereford](/source/Bishop_of_Hereford).[Wilson, John Marius](/source/John_Marius_Wilson) (1870). [https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee00wils/page/269/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'']. Edinburgh: [A. Fullarton](/source/Archibald_Fullarton), p. 269 ==Amenities== Bridstow CE Primary School is a Voluntary Aided Church of England co-educational school for pupils between 4 and 11 years old. In May 2016, the school entered into a "soft federation" agreement with the school at [Brampton Abbotts](/source/Brampton_Abbotts),Brampton school site [https://www.bramptonabbotts.org/ Retrieved 31 October 2017.] under which the two schools share a principal and some other functions. Retail, medical and other facilities are available at [Ross-on-Wye](/source/Ross-on-Wye) (1½ miles, 2.5 km). Accommodation is available at Bridstow Guest House, a converted Victorian house.[https://bridstowguesthouse.co.uk/ Guest house site. Retrieved 4 May 2020.] The village also has a village hall.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111121131054/http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/communityhalls/CHD_BridstowVillageHall.aspx Herefordshire Council website]. ==Transport== Bridstow has daytime bus services towards [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester) and [Hereford](/source/Hereford).[https://bustimes.org/localities/bridstow Bus Times. Retrieved 4 May 2020.] The nearest mainline railway stations are at [Hereford](/source/Hereford_railway_station) (14 miles, 23 km) and [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester_railway_station) (18 miles, 29 km). The [A49](/source/A49_road) and [A40](/source/A40_road) pass nearby, with links to the [M50 motorway](/source/M50_motorway_(Great_Britain)). ==References== ;Notes {{notelist}} ;Citations {{Reflist|refs= {{Cite web |title = Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001 |publisher=[Herefordshire Council](/source/Herefordshire_Council) |year=2004 |url=http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/research/2001_parish_populations.pdf |format=pdf |accessdate=2010-12-04}}{{dead link |date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} {{Cite web |title=List of Parish Councils and Contacts |publisher=[Herefordshire Council](/source/Herefordshire_Council) |url=http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/Copy_of_Parish_Councils_MASTER_for_Web_April_14th.xls |format=xls |accessdate=2011-05-01}}{{dead link |date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} {{Citation |title=Gloucester & Forest of Dean 162 (Landranger Maps) |publisher=[Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) |year=2011 |edition=C3 |isbn=978-0-319-22911-8}} {{Cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner |title=The Buildings of England - Herefordshire |publisher=[Yale University Press](/source/Yale_University_Press) |date=2012 |orig-date=1963 |location=New Haven and London |pages=82 |isbn=978-0-300-09609-5}} {{Cite web |title=British Listed Buildings - Bridstow |publisher=British Listed Buildings |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/herefordshire/bridstow |accessdate=2011-05-02}} {{Cite web |title=The Incorporated Church Building Society archive - |publisher=Church Plans Online project |url=http://www.churchplansonline.org/show_full_image.asp?resource_id=05548.tif |accessdate=2011-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313185054/http://www.churchplansonline.org/show_full_image.asp?resource_id=05548.tif |archivedate=2012-03-13}} }} ==External links== {{Commons category|Bridstow}} *[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Bridstow/index.html Bridstow], [GENUKI](/source/GENUKI) genealogy web portal *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110609145338/http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/htt/smrSearch/Monuments/Browse.aspx?Item=Period List of monuments in the parish] *[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1307911014562&enc=1&areaSearchText=hr9+6qf&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true&searchAreas= Bridstow page on ONS website] {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Herefordshire Category:Civil parishes in Herefordshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bridstow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridstow) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridstow?action=history)). 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