Bridstow is a small village in the ancient region of Archenfield, lying on the west bank of the river Wye, less than a mile from Ross-on-Wye. The village consists of little except the church. St Bridget’s was rebuilt by T. Nicholson in 1862, and consists of an aisled nave with no clerestory and four-bay arcades, a timber south porch, a chancel with a north chapel (now used as an organ room and vestry) and a west tower. The Victorian work incorporates earlier features, notably the 12thc upper parts of the chancel arch including capitals by theDymockSchool, and the 13thc north chapel.

Bridstow is not mentioned by name in the Domesday Survey, but according to Gethyn-Jones’s account it would appear to have been included in Cleeve, with its berewick called Wilton, held by the king.

The volute capitals are typical of the Dymock school, and Gethyn-Jones suggests that they are by the same sculptor as similar work at Kempley, and suggests a date of 1125-50. Pevsner (1963) notes that they are Norman, and Brooks and Pevsner (2012) call them late-12thc.