Froggatt, Derbyshire

Froggatt, Derbyshire
Froggatt, Derbyshire
Froggatt, Derbyshire shown within Derbyshire
Population 204 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOPE VALLEY
Postcode district S32
Dialling code 01433
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Froggatt is a village and a civil parish on the A625 road and the River Derwent in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 204.[1] It is near the village of Calver.

Etymology

The name Froggatt could take its name from several derivations including Frog Cottage (Old English Frogga Cot[2]), and in 1203 a document recorded the settlement here as being Froggegate.

History

In the 13th century The Manor of Baslow was divided into two moieties, one going to the Vernon's and the other to the Bassetts. Froggatt or Froggecotes as it was at that time was held by the Bassets. About 1290 John Froggecotes of Froggecotes bought land and property including a grove of trees from Simon Bassett.This land, plus more that was purchased from time to time, remained in the family until 1752 when the senior branch of the family died out.

John Froggecotes has many living descendants from a junior branch of the family headed by Thomas Froggott of Folds Farm, Calver.

Culture and community

Froggatt has a place of worship, a Wesleyan chapel and a pub, The Chequers Inn.

Landmarks

The village has a quaint 17th-century bridge, unusual in that it has two different shaped and sized arches. There is a gritstone escarpment called Froggatt Edge nearby.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics Service. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Froggat". Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society at the University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 August 2013. perhaps referring to its damp situation on the left bank of the River Derwent.

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Derbyshire Record Office D3331 and D1490

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