In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Forthampton like this:
FORTHAMPTON, a parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucester; adjacent to the river Severn and to the boundary with Worcester, 2½ miles W of Tewkesbury r. station. It has a post office under Tewkesbury. Acres, 2, 440. Real property, with Swinley, £3, 945. Rated property of F. alone, £2, 807. ...
Pop., 442. Houses, 96. The property is divided among a few. Forthampton Court belonged once to the abbots of Tewkesbury, and belongs now to J. Yorke, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Valne, £138. Patron, J. Yorke, Esq. The church is ancient, cruciform, and good.
Forthampton through time
Forthampton is now part of Tewkesbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tewkesbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Forthampton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Forthampton, in Tewkesbury and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10699
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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