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Industries

Cockey
 Cockey 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Lewis Cockey came to Frome in 1682 from Warminster where the family had long been established as clockmakers. read more
Fussells of Mells
 Fussells of Mells 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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The Fussell businesses were in the main concerned with the production of agricultural edge tools – scythes, sickles, billhooks and the like – although output was by no means confined to these items. read more
Somerset Smithy
 Somerset Smithy 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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About the time Singers sold their art metal work to the Morris Art Bronze foundry of London, some of the employees preferred to remain in Frome. read more
Nott’s Industries
 Nott’s Industries 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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J.H. Nott & Sons Ltd. of Swansea bought the old Silk Mill in 1923. read more
Quarrying
 Quarrying 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Frome is on the edge of the East Mendips which is rich in hard carboniferous limestone. read more