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Wool trade

Frome was founded on wool. The town is within trading distance of the sheep rearing areas of the Mendips, the Cotswolds and Salisbury Plain. It became the market town for the area around it and developed in Medieval times as an important centre for the processing of wool and then cloth making. From the 15th century the town’s prosperity rose as the trade developed and continued until competition from the steam-driven factories of the North finally caused it to fade.

Frome’s clothiers and the bell from Sheppard’s Mill
 Frome’s clothiers and the bell from Sheppard’s Mill 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Cloth making was an important local industry. Frome with its river and close proximity to the sheep areas of the Mendips, Cotswolds and Salisbury Plain, developed in Mediaeval times as an important centre for the making of cloth.

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The rise and fall of the wool and cloth industry in Frome
 The rise and fall of the wool and cloth industry in Frome 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Cloth making was an important local industry.

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