St Bridget's Church (SW View), Bridstow

View from the road. Bridstow is a short distance from the Wilton roundabout, where the A49 meets the Ross on Wye bypass.

Bridstow was better known as ‘Lann San Freit’ (or Lann San Bregit) before the arrival of the Saxons, in whose language it became translated as 'Holy place of St Bride' - q.v. Landscape Origins of the Wye Valley.

The LOWV study encompasses 12 parishes, which make up the northern part of the Wye Valley between Fownhope and Bridstow. There is a display inside St Bridget's church illustrating their work, which includes a list of the holy places in the area before the arrival of the Saxons, with their respective place-names in Welsh.

(Commentary provided by Rosemary Lockie)