# Frocester > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frocester > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frocester.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frocester > Source revision: 1325495081 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Gloucestershire, England Human settlement in England Frocester Village centre Frocester Location within Gloucestershire Population 155 OS grid reference SO7803 Civil parish Frocester District Stroud Shire county Gloucestershire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Stonehouse Postcode district GL10 Dialling code 01453 Police Gloucestershire Fire Gloucestershire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament Stroud List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°43′N 2°19′W / 51.72°N 2.31°W / 51.72; -2.31 **Frocester** ([/ˈfrɒstər/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [*FROS-tər*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key))[1] is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in [Stroud District](/source/Stroud_District), [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire), England. It lies below the [Cotswold](/source/Cotswold) escarpment, 10 miles south of [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester) and 4 miles west of [Stroud](/source/Stroud). In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 194,[2] decreasing to 155 at the 2011 Census.[3] Frocester was the site of a Roman settlement, on a Roman road which ran from [Cirencester](/source/Cirencester) to [Arlingham](/source/Arlingham). The remains of a [Roman villa](/source/Roman_villa) have been excavated in the grounds of Frocester Court,[4] and another near the remains of St Peter’s Church.[5] The name of the village, first recorded in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 as *Frowecestre*, means "Roman town on the Frome",[6] although the [River Frome](/source/River_Frome%2C_Stroud) is just beyond the present northern boundary of the parish. In 1726 the line of the Roman road became a [turnpike](/source/Turnpike_trust) road, and formed part of the coaching route between Gloucester and [Bath](/source/Bath%2C_Somerset). Use of the road declined in the 19th century, and it is now a minor road. Between 1844 and 1961, Frocester had a [railway station](/source/Frocester_railway_station) on the [Bristol and Gloucester Railway](/source/Bristol_and_Gloucester_Railway), later the [Midland Railway](/source/Midland_Railway). For the past 33 years, Frocester has been the site of the Frocester Beer Festival, organised by the Dursley [Lions](/source/Lions_Clubs_International) as a fund-raising event. Usually over 100 beers, from all over the British Isles, are offered at this popular event.[7] ## Frocester Court Frocester Court is a Grade II* [listed building](/source/Listed_building) within the village.[8] Once much larger, it was vastly reduced in size in the mid 19th century.[9] The Victorian rebuilding of the house and its precincts hid many medieval features which remain in situ. Parts of the house predate the [Reformation](/source/English_Reformation), while other parts date from the 15th century. The grounds have a late medieval dovecote and a [Grade I listed](/source/Grade_I_listed) late 13th-century estate barn.[10] In the mid-1800s the estate was owned by John Altham Graham-Clarke, who was keen on plants. An unusual [contorted variety of hazel](/source/Corylus_avellana) was discovered growing in a hedge on the estate in 1863, and distributed from there to other estates by their gardeners. This contorted hazel is still popular in UK gardens.[11] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (1983), Oxford University Press [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-212976-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-212976-7) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [ONS 2001 census](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=794895&c=Frocester&d=16&e=15&g=448912&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1240092623536&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Parish population 2011"](https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123620&c=GL10+3TL&d=16&e=62&g=6428057&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427799932117&enc=1). Retrieved 31 March 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [English Heritage Pastscape: Frocester Court Roman Villa](https://archive.today/20120712220306/http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=113199) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [English Heritage Pastscape: St Peters Church](http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=113220) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Mills, A.D. and Room, A. A Dictionary of British Place-Names Oxford University Press 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Dursley Lions website](http://www.dursleylions.com/frocesterbeerfestival.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Frocester Court, Frocester"](http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-132903-frocester-court-frocester-gloucestershir). britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/. Retrieved 21 August 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** David Verey & Alan Brooks. Gloucestershire 2:The Vale and the Forest of Dean. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 2002. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-300-09733-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-09733-6). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [English Heritage Pastscape: Frocester Court](http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=113202) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-RHS2025_11-0)** Armitage, James (2025). "Corylus avellana 'Contorta'". *The Garden*. **150** (1): 50–54. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Frocester](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Frocester). - [Victoria County History of Gloucestershire](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15806) - [Stroud Voices - mid 20th century oral history from Frocester residents](https://stroudvoices.co.uk/#frocester) Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Israel Geographic Pleiades --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Frocester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frocester) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frocester?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.