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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brinsop like this:
BRINSOP, a parish in Weobly district, Herefordshire; on Watling-street, and on an affluent of the river Wye, 2 miles N of Credenhill r. station, and 5½ NW of Hereford. Post Town, Bishopstone, under Hereford. Acres, 1,364. Real property, £1,962. Pop., 145. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £268. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is old but good; and contains two monuments of the Danseys.
Brinsop is now part of HEREFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HEREFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brinsop itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brinsop in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4312
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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