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Rh FRODINGHAM, SOUTH. 6S FROME. of Groat Driffield, its post town, and 12 N.E. of Beverley. It is situated on the eastern bank of the river Hull, and includes the hmlt. of Emmotland. A market was formerly held here. The living is a vie.* in the dice, of York, val. 250. The church is an ancient edifice dedicated to St. Elgin. There are cha- rities of about 2 yearly, value. The Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have chapels, and there is a National school. Lord Westbury is lord of the manor. Fairs are held on the 10th July and 2nd October. FRODINGHAM, SOUTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Owthorne, wap. of Holderness, East Hiding co. York, 2 miles N.E. of Patrington, and 3 N.W. of Owthorne. The Rev. Christopher Sykes is lord of the manor. FRODSHAM, a par. in the second div. of the hund. of Eddisbury, co. palatine Chester, 4 miles S. of Runcorn, and 10 N.E. of Chester. It is situated on the southern bank of the river Weaver, at the point where that river unites its waters with those of the Mersey, the latter forming the western boundary of the parish. It is a station on the Manchester, Warrington, and Chester railway. The par. is very extensive, and includes the tnshps. of Alvanley, Helsby, Manley, Newton-by- Frodsham, Norley, and the lordship of Frodsham. Dela- mere Forest lies to the S. Frodsham was formerly a market town, but owing to the facilities of railway transit, "Warrington has become its mart, and the weekly market has been discontinued: At the Domesday Survey it belonged to the Earls of Chester, and a strong Norman castle stood here, which was destroyed by fire in 1642, and of which there are now no traces. It is a polling-place for the southern division of the county. The town consists chiefly of one principal street running E. and W., with some good shops ; the houses for the most part are ancient. There are several excellent inns, a townhall, savings-bank, and post-office. The river "Weaver is here crossed by a stone bridge of four arches, thus communicating with the parish of Sutton- in-Runcorn, on the opposite bank. In the neighbour- hood is a lofty eminence called Overton Hill, from which there is a beautiful and varied prospect of the surrounding country for many miles ; during the sum- mer months it attracts a large number of visitors. Frodsham gives name to a deanery in the archdeac. and dioc. of Chester. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Chester, val. 590, in the patron, of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is an ancient stone edifice of great beauty, in the Norman style of architecture, and dedicated to St. Lawrence. There are also the follow- ing district churches viz. Alvanley, a perpet. cur.* ; Norley, a perpet. cur. ; and Kinsley, a perpet. cur,.* val. 100, in the gift of the vicar. The parochial charities for various local purposes produce about 1 1 2 per annum. The Wesleyans and Wesleyan Association Methodists have each a chapel. There are a free grammar, Na- tional, and infant schools. The Marquis of Cholmondeley is lord of the manor. Fairs are held on the last Tuesday and Wednesday in April and October. FROGGATT, a tnshp. in the par. of Bakewell, hund. of High Peak, co. Derby, 5 miles N.E. of Bakewell. It is situated on the river Derwent. FROGHALL, a hmlt. in the pars, of Ipstones and Kingsley, hund. of North Totmonslow, co. Stafford, 3 miles N.E. of Cheadle, its post town. It is a station on the Churnet Valley branch of the North Staffordshire railway. The Uttoxeter and Cauldon canals meet at this point. There are extensive wharf, limestone quar- ries, and colour works, affording employment to the people. FROGMOOR, a hmlt. in the par. of Charleton, co. Devon, 1 mile S.E. of Kingsbridge. FROGMOOR, a hmlt. in the par. of Sherford, co. Devon, a short distance from the above hamlet. FROGMOOR, a hmlt. in the par. of Toller-Fratrum, co. Dorset, 7 miles S.E. of Beaminster. FROGMORE END, a hmlt. in the par. of Hemel Hempstead, co. Herts, 2 miles S.E. of Hemel Hempstead. FROGMORE HOUSE, a demesne in the par. of New Windsor, hund. of Ripplesmere, co. Berks, half a E. of Windsor. The mansion, which is situated near I Thames, was built by Wyatt, and has in its grounds artificial ruin, hermitage, Gothic temple, &c. It w once occupied by Queen Charlotte, and was the favourit residence of the late Duchess of Kent. There is anothe seat of the same name in Hertfordshire, near Rick mansworth. FROGNAL, several small places of this name ; one in the par. of Hampstead, co. Middlesex, near Montague Grove, 4 miles N.W. of London ; another in co. Kent, near Bromley ; and a third in co. Lincoln, near Market Deeping. FROME, or FROME-SELWOOD, a par., market town, and parliamentary borough, in the hund. of the same name, co. Somerset, 12 miles S. of Bath, 24 S.E. of Bristol, and 107 from London by the turnpike road, or 115 by the Great Western railway. It is situated on high ground in the vicinity of the river Frome, which flows through the lower part of the town, and is crossed by a bridge of five arches. It was formerly a part of the ancient forest of Selwood. The place is of great anti- quity, being first historically mentioned near the end of the 7th century, in the reign of Ini, King of Wessex, though, from remains of a vUla and other traces, it seems to have been a Roman station. In the early part of the 8th century a monastery was founded here by Ini's brother, Aldhelm, afterwards Bishop of Sherborne, and Alfred the Great gained his final and complete victory here over the Danes. After the dissolution of the monas- teries the demesne came to the Fitz-Bernards, from whom it passed through several hands to the Thynnes and Boyles. The town of Frome is clean, and its posi- tion healthy, though the streets for the most part are narrow, and the houses built without much regard to order or regularity. It contains two banks, savings- bank, literary and scientific and mechanics' institutes, union poorhouse, and men's hospital. The borough returns one member to parliament, and is governed by a bailiff, constables, and tythingmen. Petty sessions are held here, and there is a police station at the court-houso. The town is lighted with gas, and has a good water supply. Woollen cloth, silk, and edge tools are manu- factured, also card making, iron founding, and ale brew- ing are carried on. The parish contains an area of about 7,000 acres, with a population of 11,800. Frome is the head of a new County Court and superintendent registry districts, and of a Poor-law Union, embracing 28 parishes. It gives name to a deanery in the arch- deac. of Wells. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. with the cur.* of Woodlands, 720, in the patron, of the Marquis of Bath. The parish church, dedicated to St. John, is a handsome and ancient structure. It has four chantry chapels, two porches, square tower surmounted by a beautiful spire of an octagonal form, and a chancel of rare beauty, with richly carved oak stalls and stone screen. The whole building is at present (18B4) undergoing complete restoration. It contains a monument to Bishop Ken, who was buried in the churchyard in the year 1711. Glanville, who wrote the " Book of Witchcraft," once held the living. There are two district churches, viz. Christ Church and Trim ty, both perpet. curs.,* val. 150, in the gift of the vicar; and two chapels-of-ease, one called the Woodlands, the other St. Mary's, consecrated in the year 1863. The parochial endowments are considerable. Leversedge's almshouses for widows were founded in the reign of Edward IV. by William Leversedge, which now have an income from various bequests of nearly 400 per annum. Steven's hospital for men and an asylum for girls has a yearly revenue of about 760, and the charity school for boys has endowments producing nearly 400. There are some smaller charities for the poor and for apprenticing children. The Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, Primi- tive Methodists, Reformed Methodists, and Roman Catho- lics have chapels, and the Society of Friends a meeting- house. There is a free grammar and a blue-coat school, also National, British, and infant schools for both sexes, besides denominational schools in connection with the