FRESHFORD, a parish in the hundred of BATH-FORUM, county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (S. E.) from Bath, containing 587 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £7. 7. 85,, and in the patronage of the Rev. George Bythefsea. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a very neat structure. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Frome takes a winding course through the parish from south to north-west, and then north, when it falls into the Avon, which forms the boundary of the parish on the northern side. The Kennet and Avon canal runs parallel with the Avon, at the distance of about half a mile from the village, which is pleasantly situated on the southern declivity of a hill, finely wooded, and abounding with rich and extensive views. The hills in the neighbourhood contain ample stores of the Bath stone, limestone, and fullers earth. There is an extensive manufactory for fine broad cloth. The ruins of an old hermitage and friary, probably connected with Hinton abbey, may still be seen, as may also the remains of a Roman encampment.