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Frome, a town and parliamentary borough of Somersetshire, England, 19 m. S. E. of Bristol; pop. in 1871, 11,846. It is pleasantly situated on an affluent of the Avon. The parish church, an ancient Gothic building, has a tower and spire 150 ft. high, and there are four new churches, of which St. Mary the Virgin, opened in 1864, is the finest. Schools and charitable institutions abound, and there are a literary and mechanics' institute and a church institute with library and reading rooms; a fine building for a museum and library was opened in 1807. There are extensive breweries, and manufactories of woollens, silks, hats, and carriage linings.
 
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