Frome Times Past: A matter of convenience - The Frome Guardhouse

By Tim Lethaby 8th Dec 2021

Until 1857, anyone caught breaking the law, being drunk and disorderly or generally making a nuisance of themselves in Frome ended up in one of two lock-ups. ?The blind house was, and incredibly still is, situated in the south-east corner of St John’s Churchyard and despite its 1798 datestone, may have been built even earlier. […]

     

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