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Frome livestock market 1990

This shaky video was taken when the livestock market was held in the now market car park.

Places to see in ( Frome - UK )

Places to see in ( Frome - UK )

Frome is a town and civil parish in eastern Somerset, England. Located at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, the town of Frome
is built on uneven high ground, and centres on the River Frome.
Frome is approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Bath, 43 miles (69 km) east of the county town, Taunton and 107 miles (172 km) west of London.

In April 2010 a large hoard of third-century Roman coins was unearthed in a field near the town. From AD 950 to 1650, Frome was larger than Bath and originally grew due to the wool and cloth industry. It later diversified into metal-working and printing, although these have declined. Frome was enlarged during the 20th century but still retains a very large number of listed buildings, and most of the centre falls within a conservation area.

Frome has road and rail transport links and acts as an economic centre for the surrounding area. It also provides a centre for cultural and sporting activities, including the annual Frome Festival and Frome Museum. A number of notable individuals were born in, or have lived in, the town. In 2014, Frome was called the sixth coolest town in Britain by The Times newspaper. Frome has recently been shortlisted as one of three towns in the country for the 2016 Urbanism Awards in the 'Great Town Award' category.

The area surrounding the town of Frome is Cornbrash, Oxford Clay and Greensand. Frome is unevenly built on high ground above the River Frome, which is crossed by the 16th century town bridge in the town centre. The main areas of the town are (approximately clockwise from the north-west): Innox Hill, Welshmill, Packsaddle, Fromefield, Stonebridge, Clink, Berkley Down, Easthill, Wallbridge, The Mount, Keyford and Lower Keyford, Marston Gate, The Butts, Critchill, Trinity, and Gould's Ground.

The older parts of Frome – for example, around Sheppard's Barton and Catherine Hill – are picturesque, containing an outstanding collection of small late-17th- and 18th-century houses. The Trinity area, which was built in the latter half of the 17th century and first half of the 18th century, is a fine (and rare) example of early industrial housing. Cheap Street contains buildings dating to the 16th and 17th centuries and has a stream running down the middle fed by the spring at St John's Church. Cheap Street has never been used for vehicular traffic and its layout is based on land plots dating to approximately 1500.

Frome is served by the Bristol to Weymouth railway line which passes the eastern edge of the town. Frome station was opened in 1850 and is one of the oldest railway stations still in operation in Britain, now with direct services to London Paddington. Frome is also served by a number of bus routes.

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The Quirky town of Frome

BBC Feature on Frome

Full length feature about Frome, Catherine Hill and our shop on BBC News

Travel Blog: UK Places - Frome

Another episode of my travel blog featuring places in the UK. This episode I visit Frome in Somerset. the town is built on uneven high ground, and centres on the River Frome. The town is approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Bath, 43 miles (69 km) east of the county town, Taunton and 107 miles (172 km) west of London. In the 2011 census, the population was given as 26,203. The town is in the Mendip district of Somerset and is part of the parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome.

UK General Election 2015: The FT talks to voters in Frome, Somerset

The market town of Frome in Somerset is a bellwether for a string of Tory-Lib Dem marginals in the west country, a traditional rural, mainly white, constituency and one of the seats the Lib Dems are fighting to hold on to in next week’s general election.

UK General Election 2015: FT talks to voters in Frome, Somerset

The market town of Frome in Somerset is a bellwether for a string of Tory-Lib Dem marginals in the west country, a traditional rural, mainly white, constituency and one of the seats the Lib Dems are fighting to hold on to in next week’s general election.

Out & About | Frome

Out & About | Frome, Somerset.

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Frome - meet our beautiful town!!!

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In Full River Frome Source - Chalford - Stroud - Severn

A look along the full length of the River Frome, Gloucestershire, one of the UK's lesser known rivers, but one with plenty of interests & history along its length.

Flatpack Democracy - Peter Macfadyen talks about the Frome experience

A DIY guide to creating independent politics
by Peter Macfadyen and his practical experiences in Frome. Recorded in Lewes, Sussex (15.03.17) at The Corn Exchange (38 Degrees event)

I am increasingly taken with need to reclaim politics from politicians and the Party Political process. If politics is ‘…the process of making decisions applying to all members of each group…’ what we have allowed is a small group to ignore the fact that most of us are constantly engaged in the process and for them to make the decisions on our behalf. My initial experiences with Frome Town Council were exactly that – a small, unrepresentative (largely unelected) group who made key decisions that affected many of us, driven by ideologies not based in this community.

Wareham Historic Market Town Dorset.

Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles (13km) southwest of Poole.



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Close Selwood Road during Frome Sunday Markets #2

Sunday December 2nd, Frome More Than Market diverts traffic via Selwood Road. The cars driving on the pavement are breaking the law
I like Frome Sunday market but how about closing Selwood Road too?
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Frome, Somerset

Time-lapse video of Frome Town Centre. Frome is in Somerset and is located near the Mendip Hills and the City of Bath. Frome is also where Taking Pictures is based.

Welcome to Frome, by Upstream

Welcome to Frome: a three part radio documentary series presented by Upstream. COMING SEPT 2016

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What happens when a group of frustrated and ambitious residents take over their town council and begin running things in a radically different way? What kinds of new economics and politics begin to emerge? And what happens to those who feel like they don't belong to this new movement? What are the scars left from thirty years of closing factories and cutting services? And how do these scars reveal themselves in our hearts and in our communities? Is it possible to bridge the economic, social, and psychological divides that carve up our societies? If it's possible, then how do we do it?

Upstream has spent this summer in Frome - a small town in the sleepy western countryside of England. We came here to explore a specific story, but we soon discovered that there was another story bursting from the seams. It wasn't long before we realized that this fiercely independent and historic town is a microcosm of a much larger phenomenon taking place in towns and cities all over the world. To understand Trump, we must understand Frome. To understand Brexit, we must understand Frome. And to understand if it's possible to live in a different world - one that values people and planet over profit - we must start here. Because to go upstream, you must start downstream. Welcome to Frome...

Places to see in ( Wareham - UK )

Places to see in ( Wareham - UK )

Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town of Wareham is situated on the River Frome eight miles southwest of Poole.

Wareham is situated on the A351 Lytchett Minster-Swanage road and at the eastern terminus of the A352 road to Dorchester and Sherborne, both roads now bypassing the town centre. The town has a station on the South Western Main Line railway, and was formerly the junction station for services along the branch line to Swanage, now preserved as the Swanage Railway.

To the north west of the town a large conifer plantation, Wareham Forest stretches several miles to the A35 road and the southern foothills of the Dorset Downs. To the south east is Corfe Castle and the heathland that borders Poole Harbour, including Wytch Farm oil field and Studland & Godlingstone Heath Nature Reserve. About four miles (7 km) to the south is a chalk ridge, the Purbeck Hills, and eight miles (12 km) to the south is the English Channel.

The civil parish of Wareham Town encompasses the walled town of Wareham, situated on the land between the rivers Frome and Piddle, together with the area of Northport to the north of the River Piddle, and a relatively small amount of the surrounding rural area.

Wareham contains several places of worship with the oldest being the Saxon churches of Lady St. Mary (substantially modified but the origins are pre-conquest. The Saxon nave was demolished in 1841-2) and St. Martins-on-the-Walls (built c.1030, dedicated to Martin of Tours). Both are Anglican. The 14th century building of Holy Trinity Church stands on the site of the Saxon chapel St Andrew's and was until 2012 a tourist information centre. Other churches are the Wareham United Reformed Church in Church Street, St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic church on Shatters Hill, Wareham Methodist Church in North St. and the Evangelical Church in Ropers Lane.

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THE DAY BEFORE THE PUBLIC TALK FROME SOMERSET 12TH JUN E2013

THE DAY BEFORE THE DAVID LIM TALK THE CLOUDS PART AND THE TRAILS ARE EXPOSED WE WANT SOME ANSWERS FOR WHAWE ARE SEEING. NOIT BORING DEBUNKERS WHO CANNOT PRODUCE A PEER TO PEER REVIEW OF THE USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN IRAQ BUT A REPORT ON EXACTLY WHATS GOING ON ABOVE OUR HEADS.