[4] Rode developed from being an early crossing point of the river Frome to a large village of three manors and several mills at the time of the Norman invasion.

[5] Rode's prominence was greatest during the 16th and 17th centuries, when the wool milling industry boomed in the South West; a success due largely to the meandering nature of its rivers, which afforded the space for the construction of mill ponds and streams, and because of its close proximity to the international port of Bristol.

In winning the prize, a business in the village invented the dye Royal Blue and received a certificate to sell it under that name.

[8] Rode is now largely a dormitory village, offering good access to Bristol, Bath, Trowbridge and Frome.

Although released at her committal hearing, Kent was later to confess, was charged and received the mandatory death sentence.

The ward has its northern edge in Norton St Philip, then it stretches south through Rode to Lullington.

[13] It is also part of the Frome and East Somerset county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

[14] There is also a Baptist-Methodist chapel, dating from 1809, which has Grade II listed building status for the gates and walls.

[15] Christ Church at Rode Hill was built in 1824 but was declared redundant in 1995 and is now a house and violin shop.