Frome Museum
As Frome began to lose its market when the local wool trade faded after the 18th century, other industries were founded in the town that eventually brought back prosperity. In the mid 19th century, metal working became established and, during the early years of the 20th century, many engineering companies grew in the town. Frome Heritage Museum houses many documents and artefacts from these industries, some of which are available to view in our online Collections catalogue.
Lewis Cockey came to Frome in 1682 from Warminster where the family had long been established as clockmakers.
read moreThe 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 moreAbout 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 moreJ.H. Nott & Sons Ltd. of Swansea bought the old Silk Mill in 1923.
read moreFrome is on the edge of the East Mendips which is rich in hard carboniferous limestone.
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