ROAD, a parish in the hundred of FROME, county
of SOMERSET, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Frome, containing
1217 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, with that of Wolverton, in the archdeaconry
of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the
king's books at £11. 9. 4. Sir A. Baynton, Bart, was
patron in 1812. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence.
There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan
Methodists. A considerable manufacture of cloth is
carried on here; and a fair for cattle and cheese is held
on the Monday after August 29th. In the neighbourhood
is a chalybeate spring.