In around 1830 the Furzebrook Railway was built, connecting the pits to a wharf at Ridge. This route was eventually superseded by the use of the main line rail network, and eventually by road. The Frome has suffered a dramatic decline in the run of salmon in ... The source of the river is at Stourhead, in Wiltshire, where it forms a series of artificial lakes which are part of the Stourhead estate owned by the National Trust. meanders through villages and countryside ...
bFURZEBROOK/b TRAMWAY, 1840-1956, CLOSED [ALSO CALLED PIKES TRAMWAY], NIL GARNKIRK & GLASGOW RAILWAY, 1826-, ABSORBED BY THE DUNDEE & PERTH RAILWAY GARSTANG & KNOTT END RAILWAY, 1864-1908, PURCHASED BY THE KNOTT END RAILWAY, RAIL215 b.../b
