Frome (disambiguation)
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Frome, (pronounced /ˈfruːm/) may refer to:
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[edit] Places
[edit] Australia
- Electoral district of Frome, a state electoral district in South Australia
- Lake Frome is found in the mid-north of South Australia
[edit] England
- Bishop's Frome, village and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England
- Frome, Somerset, town in Somerset, England
- Frome railway station serves the town of Frome in Somerset
- Frome Community College, specialist media arts school/college in Frome, Somerset
- Frome (UK Parliament constituency), 1832–1950
- Somerton and Frome (UK Parliament constituency)
- Frome St Quintin, village in west Dorset
- Frome Vale, city council ward in Bristol
- Frome Vauchurch, village in west Dorset
[edit] Rivers
[edit] England
Sometimes also spelt Froom.
- River Frome, Bristol, which rises at Dodington Park in the Cotswolds and flows southwest through South Gloucestershire joining the River Avon in Bristol city centre
- Frome Valley Walkway, which runs along the valley of the River Frome from Bristol to the Cotswolds
- River Frome, Dorset, which rises in the Dorset Downs and flows southeast through east Dorset and into the English Channel at Poole Harbour
- River Frome, Herefordshire, which flows into the River Lugg
- River Frome, Somerset which rises near Witham Friary, flows north through the town of Frome and joins the River Avon at Freshford, south of Bath, Somerset
- River Frome, Stroud, which rises at Pinbury Park in the Cotswolds and flows west through Stroud, Gloucestershire and into the River Severn at Upper Framilode
[edit] People
- Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890), prominent British and South Australian surveyor and administrator
- Lenny Frome (d. 1998), gambling author and video poker expert
- Milton Frome (1909-1989), American television and film actor
- Sir Norman Frederick Frome (1899-1982), Indian administrator and ornithologist
[edit] Other
- Ethan Frome, 1911 novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton
- Frome Festival, Somerset’s largest community festival, starting the first Friday in July
- Frome Sports Club, multi-use stadium in Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica
- Frome Town F.C., soccer club