A couple of postcards to illustrate Frome first:
The first straight-line cancel for Frome ("FROOM") in the British County Catalogue (BCC) is for 1760-1778 - below is an example from 1777, a nice example on an entire asking for Christian books to be sent on the Frome wagon:
My next example is from 1791 and does not appear in the BCC:
Finally, my last entire from the 18th century, an example of the "FROME" reverse-arc cancel on a cross-post item:
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