Framilode is a village on the banks of the River Severn

River Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...

 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, England. It consists of two settlements, Lower Framilode (also known simply as Framilode) and Upper Framilode. It lies in the parish of Fretherne with Saul

Fretherne with Saul

Fretherne with Saul is a civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It includes the villages of Framilode, Fretherne, Saul and Upper Framilode....

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The River Frome

River Frome, Stroud

The River Frome, once also known as the Stroudwater, is a small river in Gloucestershire, England. It is to be distinguished from another River Frome in Gloucestershire, the Bristol Frome....

 enters the Severn at Upper Framilode, and the name, first recorded in the 7th century, means "Frome crossing point", probably signifying a crossing of the Severn by the mouth of the Frome. There was a ferry across the Severn here, which continued in occasional use until the Second World War.

The Stroudwater Canal also entered the Severn at Upper Framilode, but by the 1920s the stretch between the junction with the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal or Gloucester and Berkeley Canal is a canal in the west of England, between Gloucester and Sharpness; for much of its length it runs close to the tidal River Severn, but cuts off a significant loop in the river, at a once-dangerous bend near Arlingham...

and the Severn fell into disuse.

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