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The village takes its name from a corruption of the words 'Frome Town'. This graceful arched bridge over the River Frome has wooden rails, which still guard the road.

Peaceful now, this view shows the remains of the once-busy Shepherds Mill which lay on land between the Mells and the Frome Rivers.

Frampton, literally Frome Town, is beautifully situated by the River Frome.

Rode church is at the south-east end of the village, the bulk of which is to the north-west towards the River Frome. This view was taken from the south-west.

Thatched cottages (right) stand between Woolbridge Manor and the River Frome, looking upstream from the five mediaeval arches of Wool Bridge.

Too many motorists speed by, missing the best parts of this large village on the confluence of the rivers Frome and Hooke.

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.

Not far from Maiden Newton, Frome Vau Church (as it should properly be called) is pastoral and peaceful, with wildfowl in its river and cattle grazing around pasture and orchard.

The curious stone tower attached to the Castle Inn, whose sign hangs over the roadway, stands by a bridge over the Toller, or Hooke, shortly before it flows into the River Frome.

This fine view of Dorchester from the meadows alongside the River Frome shows the county town of Dorset much as Thomas Hardy would have known it when, as an apprentice architect, he would walk there

This view was taken looking over the River Frome towards the 15th-century tower and 1841-rebuilt nave of Lady St Mary parish church (centre top).

Bisley stands high on a hillside to the north of the River Frome; it has a wonderful assortment of winding streets and rooftops at different levels, as though the village has grown out of the landscape

Situated on the high downlands where the flowing waters of St John's Spring become the source of the River Frome, Evershot had as its vicar in the 18th century the poet George Crabbe.

This beautiful bridge spans the River Frome.

Below them meanders the River Frome, with canal and railway line running in parallel, flanked by foundries and business parks.

Artists come in an attempt to catch the colour, and anglers come in their season to the River Frome that weaves its way through the valley.

On the ridge nearby is the source of the River Frome - that beautiful Dorset brook that crosses nearly forty miles of the county before reaching the sea.

On the extreme right we can see the chimney of one of the 18th- and 19th-century textile mills which were situated in the valley bottom beside the River Frome; the weavers' cottages occupied

This 18th-century mill stands on the River Frome where it meets the stream from Hooke; there has been a water mill here since Saxon times.

Charminster stands across the valley of the River Frome from Dorchester. It has grown considerably since this picture was taken.

It is best known for its ruined castle, which once belonged to the Hungerford family, but it has also been popular for moto-cross and swimming in the River Frome.

The road below was frequently flooded by the River Frome.

Roger de Newburgh moved them here, inland to a mill and meadows beside the River Frome in 1172.

Roger de Newburgh moved them here, inland to a mill and meadows beside the River Frome in 1172.