Forthampton, Gloucestershire

Description
Forthampton, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, adjacent to the river Severn and to the boundary with Worcestershire, 3 1/2 miles W of Tewkesbnry, with a post office under Tewkesbury; money order and telegraph office, Tewkes-£ bury. Acreage, 2540; population, 402. Forthampton Court, the seat of the lord of the manor, belonged once to the abbots of Tewkesbury. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net yearly value, £215. The church consists of tower, nave, chancel, and north aisle. The latter is modern. The tower contains a peal of six bells. The altar is of stone (pre-Reformation), surmounted by a handsome reredos, also of stone, though modern. The chancel has recently been rearranged, and its walls richly decorated with paintings and diaper from designs by William White, F.S.A. The organ is a fine one.