Bridstow

Bridstow

St Bridget's Church, Bridstow
Bridstow
Bridstow shown within Herefordshire
Population 859 (Parish)[1]
OS grid reference SO 583247
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ROSS-ON-WYE
Postcode district HR9
Dialling code 01989
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament

Bridstow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.[2] The village lies 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 to South Wales runs through the parish, crossing the Wye at Bridstow Bridge.[3] The parish had a population of 859 in the 2001 UK Census.[1]

Heritage

The largest village in the parish is Wilton, site of the Grade I listed Wilton Castle and Wilton Bridge.[3][4]

The parish church, dedicated to St Bridget, has a tower in the Perpendicular style, but the rest of the exterior was rebuilt in 1862 to a design by Thomas Nicholson. The stained glass is by Charles Kempe.[5][6]

Amenities

Bridstow CE Primary School is a Voluntary Aided Church of England co-educational school for pupils between 4 and 11 years of age. The School's motto is "Shine as a light in the World". In May 2016, the school entered into a "soft federation" agreement with the school at Brampton Abbotts,[7] under which they share a principal and other functions.

Bridstow also has a village hall – details appear on the Herefordshire Council website.

Notable person

The poet, novelist and illustrator Peggy Eileen Whistler, who used the pseudonym Margiad Evans (1909–1958), moved to Bridstow with her family in 1921.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001" (pdf). Herefordshire Council. 2004. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  2. ↑ "List of Parish Councils and Contacts" (xls). Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  3. 1 2 Gloucester & Forest of Dean 162 (Landranger Maps) (C3 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2011, ISBN 978-0-319-22911-8
  4. ↑ "British Listed Buildings - Bridstow". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  5. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.
  6. ↑ "The Incorporated Church Building Society archive -". Church Plans Online project. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  7. ↑ Brampton school site Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ↑ ODNB: Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan: "Williams , Peggy Eileen [Margiad Evans] (1909–1958)". Retrieved 1 July 2010.
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