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Bridstow
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Bridstow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, 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. The parish had a population of 906 in the 2011 UK census, and an estimated population of 941 in 2018.
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- UK place.official_name
- Bridstow
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- St. Bridget's Church, south facade - geograph.org.uk - 520214.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Bridget's Church, Bridstow
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- UK place.post_town
- ROSS-ON-WYE
- UK place.postcode_district
- HR9
- UK place.postcode_area
- HR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01989
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO 583247
- UK place.unitary_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.population
- 859
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish)
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
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- Population
- 906
- Image
- St Bridgets - geograph.org.uk - 79286.jpg
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- Bridstow
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Bridstow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, 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. The parish had a population of 906 in the 2011 UK census, and an estimated population of 941 in 2018.
==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.
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