Population 204 (2011) Country England Post town HOPE VALLEY Shire county Derbyshire Dialling code 01433 | Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district S32 District Derbyshire Dales UK parliament constituency Derbyshire Dales | |
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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. It is near the village of Calver.
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Map of Froggatt, Hope Valley, UK
Etymology
The name Froggatt could take its name from several derivations including Frog Cottage (Old English Frogga Cot), and in 1203 a document recorded the settlement here as being Froggegate.
History
The Derbyshire Record Office holds Froggatt family documents in their D3331 and D1490 Collections.These documents contain information about the Froggatt family and Froggatt the place. There are more documents in the National Archives at Kew, the Sheffield Archives and the Nottingham Archives.
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.
Village
Froggatt has a place of worship, a Wesleyan chapel and a pub, The Chequers Inn. 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.