Brimpsfield is a village in Gloucestershire, England. Pigs on Brimpsfield green

The village is recorded in Domesday Book as ''Brimesfelde''.

Brimpsfield Castle Brimpsfield Castle was a castle in the village of Brimpsfield in the county of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cirencester.It is likely that the first castle was built after the Norman invasion. Then, in the 12th or 13th centu ...

was built in the village during the Norman period. The manor of Brimpsfield was granted to Maurice de Berkeley in 1339 by King

Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

. The Church of St Michael was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building. A fictional Brimpsfield is the home village of Peter and Abby Grant in the 1970s BBC TV series '' Survivors''; it is shown to have a railway connection to London.

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Villages in Gloucestershire Cotswold District {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub