Secret Frome

Andrew Pickering, Gary Kearley

ISBN 10: 1445672669 / ISBN 13: 9781445672663

Editore: Amberley Publishing, GB, 2019

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The town of Frome, in the ancient royal forest of Selwood that straddles the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset, was once renowned for its prosperous woollen cloth industry and is now noted as an emerging provincial centre for the arts and crafts. The town and its environs has a fascinating and little-known history. Here we will discover stories of medieval kings and bishops, political intrigue and judicial murder, religious dissent and rebellion, battles and sieges, criminals and crime-fighters. Here too are stories of eminent philosophers and authors, entrepreneurs and artists. Stories of ghosts and witchcraft share space with histories of personal triumphs and disasters in the lives of the residents of Frome. The hidden histories of its archaeological remains, extant surface structures and those deep underground combine to further reveal the tale of the town and its Selwood hundred.Fully illustrated throughout, Secret Frome investigates many of the town's secrets and invites readers to discover the lesser-known events and stories from its past.

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• Titolo: Secret Frome
• Editore: Amberley Publishing, GB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1445672669
• ISBN 13: 9781445672663
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 302 grammi

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Riassunto

The town of Frome, in the heart of the ancient royal forest of Selwood that straddles the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset, was once renowned for its prosperous woollen cloth industry and is now noted as an emerging provincial centre for the arts and crafts. The town and its environs has a fascinating and little known history. Here we will discover stories of medieval kings and bishops, political intrigue and judicial murder, religious dissent and rebellion, battles and sieges. Here too we will find eminent philosophers, scientists, theologians, and witch-finders. As well as tales of witchcraft, the dark, forbidding, bandit-filled woods around Frome have spawned legends of spirits and demonic black dogs. Tales are still told of big cats – allegedly escapees from the Longleat estate on the edge of the town! In recent times UFOs, it is said, have filled the night-time skies above the prehistoric earthworks on Cley Hill. At nearby Rode a horrible act of infanticide in the mid-nineteenth century was investigated by a London detective, the man who became the model for the fictional detectives invented by Wilkie Collins and Arthur Conan-Doyle. Daniel Defoe is just one of several great writers who visited and wrote about the town, and its artistic legacy includes the famous bronze statue of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, on Westminster Bridge, cast by J.W. Singer & Sons of Frome. Fully illustrated throughout, this book investigates many of Frome's secrets and invites the reader to discover the lesser-known facts and enjoy the town's hidden history.

Informazioni sull?autore

Andrew Pickering is Senior Lecturer in History and Archaeology at Strode College, Somerset, and is Programme Manager of a History, Heritage and Archaeology degree course at the University of Plymouth.