FROOME (ST-QUINTIN), a parish in the hundred of TOLLERFORD, Dorchester division of the county of DORSET, 9 miles (E. by N.) from Beaminster, containing 120 inhabitants. The living is a rectory with Evershot, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £15. 7. 1., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The parish derives its name from its situation on the river Frome, andits prefix from its ancient .lords the St. Quintins. At Caldwell, within the parish, there was anciently a chapel.