In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Frome like this:
Frome.-- market town and par. with ry. sta., Somerset, on river Frome (an affluent of the Avon), 11 miles S. of Bath by rail and 107 SW. of London -- par., 7092 ac., pop. 11,181; town, 724 ac., pop. 9377; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Frome was formerly called Frome Selwood, from its situation near the forest of Selwood. The river is crossed by a five-arch stone bridge. There are breweries, foundries, wire-card manufactories, and edge-tool works; but the chief industry is the mfr. of broadcloth and other fine woollens. F. returned 1 member to Parliament till 1885.
Frome through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Frome has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Mendip. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Frome and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frome, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/146
Date accessed: 21st May 2013
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