Froggatt is a village and a

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on the

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and the River Derwent in the English county of

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. The population of the

at the 2021 census was 185. It is near the village of

Calver Calver (Old English ''Calf Slope'') is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 710. Overview Calver is a small village situated in the Derwent Valley, Derbyshire. The villag ...

Etymology

The name Froggatt could take its name from several derivations, including Frog Cottage (

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''Frogga Cot''), and in 1203, a document recorded the settlement here as being Froggegate.

History

In the thirteenth century, the manor of

Baslow Baslow is a village in Derbyshire, England, in the Peak District, situated between Sheffield and Bakewell, just over north of Chatsworth House. It is sited by the River Derwent, which is spanned by a 17th-century bridge, alongside which ...

was divided into two moieties, one going to the Vernons and the other to the Bassetts. Froggatt or Froggecotes, as it was at that time, was held by the Bassets. In 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,

Culture and community

Froggatt has a place of worship, a

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chapel and a pub, the Chequers Inn.

Landmarks

The village has a quaint seventeenth-century bridge, unusual in that it has two differently shaped and sized arches. There is a

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escarpment called

Froggatt Edge Froggatt Edge is a gritstone escarpment in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, in Derbyshire, England, close to the villages of Froggatt, Derbyshire, Froggatt, Calver, Curbar, Baslow and Grindleford. The name Froggatt Edge ap ...

nearby.

References

* Derbyshire Record Office D3331 and D1490 * https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/build/#E04002754

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