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Brighstone
Also known as Brighstone, Isle of Wight, Brixton
250px|thumb|right|View of Brighstone from Limerstone Down, looking south-west, with the English Channel in the distance 250px|right|thumb|Brighstone village
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- Locality
- Brighstone
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,157
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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250px|thumb|right|View of Brighstone from Limerstone Down, looking south-west, with the English Channel in the distance 250px|right|thumb|Brighstone village
Brighstone is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, 6 miles southwest of Newport on the B3399 road. Brighstone was previously known as "Brixton". The name means 'the farmstead or estate belonging to a man called Beorhtwīg', from Old English Beorhtwīg (personal name) and tūn. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1603.
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