In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brightwells Barrow like this:
BRIGHTWELLS-BARROW, a hundred in the E of Gloucester. It adjoins Oxford and Berks; is 9½ miles long; and contains Fairford parish, ten other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 36,790. Pop., 8,020. Houses, 1,708.
Brightwells Barrow through time
Brightwells Barrow is now part of Cotswold district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cotswold has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brightwells Barrow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brightwells Barrow, in Cotswold and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20712
Date accessed: 03rd May 2024
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