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Frome, Somerset
Frome maps
Historic maps of Frome and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Frome maps
Historic map of Frome
Illustrated Victorian map of Somerset
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Frome books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Frome and the local area. View all Frome books
Frome Photographic Memories
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South and West Somerset Photographic Memories
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$28
North and Central Somerset Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
5 Frome photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Frome
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I was born and raised in Frome, West End and then we moved to Green Lane. We emigrated to Canada, I did not want to leave Frome at all. I still miss home!. The pretty streets and the steep hills. I can remember swimming in the river, and fishing in it. Every Wednesday going to the market after school to pet... [more]
Shared on 31 December 2008
I was born in Frome and I left when i was 11 years old,I moved with my dad to Bristol. But I have to be honest, since I have left Frome about ten years ago I miss my life I had there. Even though I have been living in Bristol for the past ten years, it's never felt like home. When... [more]
Shared on 06 October 2009
Frome's 'Oldest House' or 'Pepperpot' has a chequered past even in recent times. I moved to Frome in 1992 when it was being used as a Travel Agents and looked fairly run down. It then remained closed for a number of years except at christmas time when it was used as a charity card shop. The upper floors of the building... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2006
Somerset memories
Rodden farmchurch and brook near FromeSomerset
I lived at Easthill estate halfway up Styles hill. I have countless childhood memories of exploring the parish of "Rodden". The farm and church was a playground for me as achild.If i remember correctly a Mr Patterson lived in the farm, he would let us camp in the field next to the weir in our summer holidays. He would also let... [more]
Shared on 28 January 2008
My maternal grandparents owned Daneswood, which you reached by taking the Mells road out of Great Elm, then turning left at a bungalow set right on the edge of the Mells river valley. After passing the bungalow, Daneswood was the first of three fine Victorian houses set in their own beautiful gardens that fell away down the valley to the Mells... [more]
Shared on 23 February 2010
After walking the footpath from Rodden Farm we would end up on the main Frome /Warminster road, not far from the start of Friggle Street. This was our route to Longleat we often took on foot during our school holidays. We often used other modes of transport along Friggle Street,i.e our skateboards and bikes! It seemed a long old walk past... [more]
Shared on 31 January 2008
Our first home was a ground floor bedsit at 40 Castle Corner opposite the castle. The old part of the road formed a hammer head and had three parking bays. One dark rainy winters night my husband parked outside and ran in to get his wallet. When he got back outside the car was gone. He ran... [more]
Shared on 20 September 2006
Our Dad was the local GP. We lived at The Delmere from birth till aged 12. We both have very fond memories of the village and have been back a couple of times 1946 - 1958
Shared on 27 October 2008
Extracts From Frome & Somerset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Frome, inspired by Frith photos.
The foreground of this view is now entirely obscured by trees and hedging. The railway line is no longer visible. The spire in the middle back- ground is the church of St John the Baptist. The chimneys to the right of the area are a reminder of Frome's industrial past.
This is an extract from Frome Photographic Memories.
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An idyllic rural scene from Rodden meadow on the edge of town. In the middle distance is the spire of St John's. On the left we can glimpse the River Frome. Today this view is entirely obscured by trees.
This is an extract from Frome Photographic Memories.
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Somerset Photographic Memories
The town, built in oolitic limestone, is a most attractive one: its streets curve up and down hill picturesquely. Like Shepton Mallet and other southern cloth towns, it prospered until the woollen industry moved to Lancashire and Yorkshire's new mills after 1800 - thus in effect preserving the town for us architecturally through economic decay. Here, the Georgian character of the more formal Market... [more]
This is an extract from Somerset Photographic Memories.
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