In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bridstow like this:
BRIDSTOW, 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.
Bridstow through time
Bridstow is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bridstow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bridstow in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4899
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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