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Brighstone

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Also known as Brighstone, Isle of Wight, Brixton

250px|thumb|right|View of Brighstone from Limerstone Down, looking south-west, with the English Channel in the distance 250px|right|thumb|Brighstone village

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Place details

Locality
Brighstone
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
1,157
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Brighstone
UK place.civil_parish
Brighstone
UK place.area_total_km2
19.7665
UK place.population
1,603
UK place.population_ref
(2011 census including Brook, Hulverstone, Limerstone and Thorncross)
UK place.unitary_england
Isle of Wight
UK place.map_type
Isle of Wight
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Isle of Wight
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Isle of Wight West
UK place.post_town
Newport
UK place.postcode_district
PO30
UK place.postcode_area
PO
UK place.dial_code
01983
UK place.static_image_name
Brighstone, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Brighstone Village
UK place.type
Village

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Today
  • Notable residents
  • Bus routes
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

250px|thumb|right|View of Brighstone from Limerstone Down, looking south-west, with the English Channel in the distance 250px|right|thumb|Brighstone village

Brighstone is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, 6 miles southwest of Newport on the B3399 road. Brighstone was previously known as "Brixton". The name means 'the farmstead or estate belonging to a man called Beorhtwīg', from Old English Beorhtwīg (personal name) and tūn. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1603.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brighstone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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