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Frocester

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within the village. Once much larger, it was vastly reduced in size in the mid 19th century. The Victorian rebuilding of the house and its precincts hid many medieval features which remain in situ. Parts of the house predate the
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have been excavated in the grounds of Frocester Court, and another near the remains of St Peters Church. The name of the village, first recorded in the
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David Verey & Alan Brooks. Gloucestershire 2:The Vale and the Forest of Dean. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 2002.
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as a fund-raising event. Usually over 100 beers, from all over the British Isles, are offered at this popular event.
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For the past 33 years, Frocester has been the site of the Frocester Beer Festival, organised by the Dursley
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Mills, A.D. and Room, A. A Dictionary of British Place-Names Oxford University Press
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Frocester was the site of a Roman settlement, on a Roman road which ran from
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BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (1983), Oxford University Press
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road, and formed part of the coaching route between Gloucester and
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is just beyond the present northern boundary of the parish.
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English Heritage Pastscape: Frocester Court Roman Villa
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Frocester is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
OS grid reference
SO7803
Civil parish
District
Stroud
Shire county
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Stonehouse
Postcode district
GL10
Dialling code
Police
Gloucestershire
Fire
Gloucestershire
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
Stroud
UK
England

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