Bridstow

Heritage

The largest village in the parish is Wilton, site of the Grade I listed Wilton Castle and Wilton Bridge. The Liber Llandavensis (Book of Llandaff) records that in 1066, Herewald, Bishop of Llandaff, appointed Guollguinn as priest there.

Wilton (as Wiltone) and Ashe Ingen (as Ascis) appear in the 1086 Domesday Book.

The parish church, dedicated to St Bridget, has a tower in the Perpendicular style. The rest of the exterior was rebuilt in 1862 to a design by Thomas Nicholson. The stained glass is by Charles Kempe.

1870s

Published in 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's 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, 1 mile W by N of Ross. Post Town, Ross. Acres, 2,199. Real property, £5,506. Pop., 717. Houses, 143. Wilton Castle here is an old seat of the Lords Grey de Wilton, burnt in the Civil Wars, and now an ivy-clad ruin. The living is a vicarage in the Diocese of Hereford. Value, £276.* Patron, the Bishop of Hereford.

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, under which the two schools share a principal and some other functions.

Retail, medical and other facilities are available at Ross-on-Wye (1½ miles, 2.5 km). Accommodation is available at Bridstow Guest House, a converted Victorian house. The village also has a village hall.

Transport

Bridstow has daytime bus services towards Gloucester and Hereford. The nearest mainline railway stations are at Hereford (14 miles, 23 km) and Gloucester (18 miles, 29 km).

The A49 and A40 pass nearby, with links to the M50 motorway.

References

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References

1. 2 km (1.2 miles) west of [[Ross-on-Wye]] and 17 km (10.6 miles) south-east of [[Hereford]]. The parish is bounded to the east and south by the [[River Wye]]. The [[A40 road]] linking the [[M50 motorway (Great Britain). 2011 UK census]], 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.]
2. [http://www.bosci.net/LOWV/Village%20pages%20-%20Bridstow.htm Landscape Origins of the Wye Valley. Retrieved 4 May 2020.]
3. (2026). "10 The Railway in Ross".
4. Wilson, John Marius (1870). [https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee00wils/page/n12/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'']. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton. p. 1.
5. [[John Marius Wilson. Wilson, John Marius]] (1870). [https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee00wils/page/269/mode/1up ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'']. Edinburgh: [[Archibald Fullarton. A. Fullarton]], p. 269
6. Brampton school site [https://www.bramptonabbotts.org/ Retrieved 31 October 2017.]
7. [https://bridstowguesthouse.co.uk/ Guest house site. Retrieved 4 May 2020.]
8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111121131054/http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/communityhalls/CHD_BridstowVillageHall.aspx Herefordshire Council website].
9. [https://bustimes.org/localities/bridstow Bus Times. Retrieved 4 May 2020.]
10. (July 2017). "Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001". [[Herefordshire Council]].
11. (July 2017). "List of Parish Councils and Contacts". [[Herefordshire Council]].
12. (2011). "Gloucester & Forest of Dean 162 (Landranger Maps)". [[Ordnance Survey]].
13. Pevsner, Nikolaus. (2012). "The Buildings of England - Herefordshire". [[Yale University Press]].
14. "British Listed Buildings - Bridstow". British Listed Buildings.
15. "The Incorporated Church Building Society archive -". Church Plans Online project.