Frome Heritage Museum
Frome is the birthplace of several noteworthy people and other celebrated men and women made the town their home.
The Museum holds many documents, photographs and portraits, ranging from King Eadred in the 10th century to Jenson Button in the 21st century.
Sylvia Green, born in 1915, was a noted artist, book illustrator, ballet lover, embroiderer and designer.
read moreBenjamin Baker, a renowned Victorian engineer born in Frome, is most famous for his work on the Forth Rail Bridge, declared in 2016 to be ‘Scotland’s greatest man-made wonder’.
read moreSo declared the Duke of Monmouth, the Protestant illegitimate son of Charles II, as he started out on his ill-fated voyage to Lyme Regis en route to a military engagement with the Catholic James II on the Somerset Levels near Westonzoyland.
read moreThe 2009 Formula 1 world champion, Jenson Button, was born in Frome.
read moreEadred was a grandson of Alfred the Great and was born around AD 923.
read moreBorn in Frome, Mary Baily gifted the playing fields now named after her in her Will as a recreation ground for the children of Frome.
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