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{{Short description|Hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England}}
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[[File:Newport Road through Bierley.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Newport Road running through Bierley.]]
'''Bierley''' is a hamlet on the [[Isle of Wight]], UK. Bierley is in the south of the Isle of Wight, north of [[Niton, Isle of Wight|Niton]] and 0.7 miles to the west of [[Whitwell, Isle of Wight|Whitwell]]. Bierley is at the corner of Kingates Lane and Newport Road.

Bierley was the site of brickmaking operations in the past. The Prichetts, a local family involved in brickmaking, opened the Bierley brickyard in 1800.<ref>[http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/bricks.htm Isle of Wight Brickmaking History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013095939/http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/bricks.htm |date=2007-10-13 }}, [http://www.iwias.org.uk/ Isle of Wight Industrial Archaeology Society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116053417/http://www.iwias.org.uk/ |date=2007-11-16 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.aggregate.com/pdf/bV_PI.pdf ''Bardon Vectis: An outline of the history of quarrying and brick making on the Isle of Wight until 1939 - Part 1'']{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, RWD Fenn, retrieved Oct 26, 2007.</ref>
In the 1901 Census the brickmaking operations are being run by William Scovell of Ryde

Public transport is provided by [[Southern Vectis]] bus route 6, running from [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]] to [[Ventnor]].<ref>[http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/se/XSLT_TTB_REQUEST?language=en&command=direct&net=set&line=08006&sup=A&project=y08&contentFilter=TIMINGPOINTS&outputFormat=0&itdLPxx_displayHeader=false Bus route 6]</ref>

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