Frome

British

/ frəʊm /

noun

a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia: intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width: 48 km (30 miles)

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Frome

John Bloxsom, chair of the Rodborough Fields and Frome Banks Preservation Group, said: "It's good news that a fund like this has been set up."

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Sat at home watching from her sofa in Frome, Somerset, was Julie.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Dorset Wildlife Trust has submitted an expression of interest to Natural England for the proposed project in the River Hooke and wider River Frome catchment.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Some have urged neighbouring MP Anna Sabine, who represents Frome and East Somerset, to support them.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure Island, Ethan Frome and The East of the Mohicans.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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