WOOLVERTON, a parish in the hundred of
FROME, county of SOMERSET, 4 miles (N. by E.)
from Frome, containing 184 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged rectory, consolidated with that of Road,
in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and
Wells, rated in the king's books at £7. 1. 3., and in
the patronage of Dr. Starkie. The church is dedicated
to St. Lawrence. The river Frome separates the two
parishes, that of Road being on the east, and Woolverton
on the west. A considerable trade in wool was
formerly carried on here.