Frome Vauchurch is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester.
Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 160.
[2][3] Frome Vauchurch was the home of the writers Sylvia Townsend Warner[4] and Valentine Ackland.
[5] They moved into a house called Riversdale beside the River Frome in 1937, which they first rented and later bought.
[6] The Parish Church of St Francis is originally 12th century but was substantially rebuilt in the 17th century and restored in c.1879, and is a Grade II* listed building.