English Heritage sites near Forthampton Parish
ODDA'S CHAPEL
2 miles from Forthampton Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
OVER BRIDGE
8 miles from Forthampton Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
GREYFRIARS
9 miles from Forthampton Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
9 miles from Forthampton Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
11 miles from Forthampton Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
11 miles from Forthampton Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
Churches in Forthampton Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Forthampton
01452 780880
http://severnsidebeneficewithtwyning.org.uk
This church is part of the wider Severnside Benefice, which comprises the Parishes of Chaceley, Forthampton, Deerhurst with Apperley, and Tredington with Stoke Orchard and Hardwicke.
The Benefice is set in the beautiful Severn Vale, and is part of the Diocese of Gloucester.
Although some of the footprint of the parish is in the county of Worcestershire, the ecclesiastical Parish of Forthampton is in the Diocese of Gloucester.