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Photo Album One

CHURCHES & CHAPELS
There are many churches and chapels in Frome.
Some still thrive, others have sadly closed.
There are memorial plaques naming the dead from WW1 and WW2 in St John The Baptist Church.
 

St JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Built between the late 12th and early 15th century over the original Saxon Church site with major restoration work carried out in the 1860s.


 

CHRIST CHURCH
Christ Church was built in 1818 with many changes made during the 19th and 20th centuries.



HOLY TRINITY
Built in 1837-8 Holy Trinity unusually has the altar at the west end. It it well known for its Edward Burne-Jones stained glass windows.


 

St MARY THE VIRGIN
St Mary's Church was built in 1863 and is quite small but has a beautiful decorated sanctuary ceiling.



WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH
Wesley Methodist Church was built in 1812 with additions in 1863, restoration in 1871 and internal changes in the 1980s.


 

St CATHARINE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
After using a temporary church in Park Road the new church was finally built on the site in 1967-8.



BAPTIST CHURCH
One of two Baptist churches in Frome, this one in Sheppards Barton (South Parade) was built in 1708, later demolished and rebuilt in 1850 but closed down in 2001.


 

PORTWAY METHODIST CHAPEL
This chapel was built in 1910.



DISSENTERS' CEMETERY
A Dissenters' Cemetery with a chapel at Vallis Road was founded by mainly Baptist, Congregational and Baptist worshippers in 1851.


 

ROOK LANE CHAPEL
Built in 1707 at the top of Bath Street, this chapel is now partly used as an exhibition and lecture area.



ZION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
This church has recently closed down.


 

CHAPEL BARTON
This tiny chapel is in the grounds of Zion Church.



SUN STREET CHAPEL
This chapel has been closed for some years but is used occasionally.


 

BETHEL CHAPEL
This tiny chapel built in 1858 is now a private dwelling and located along The Butts.




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