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John BARTHOLOMEW's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887 tell us that:

"Froggatt, township and hamlet, Bakewell par., N. Derbyshire, on river Derwent, 5½ miles NE. of Bakewell -- township, 446 ac., pop. 136; in NE. vicinity of hamlet is Froggatt Edge, a lofty crag."

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Archives & Libraries

The Bakewell Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

Alternatively, the Chapel-en-le-Frith Library is also an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Bibliography

  • EDWARDS, Brian - Calver, Curbar and Froggatt in Old Photographs. Published by Northend of Sheffield. ISBN 0-9525064-9-1
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Census

  • The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
     
  • Census transcripts can be found at the Wishful-Thinking site.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2149
1861R.G. 9 / 2538
1871R.G. 10 / 3625
1881R.G. 11 / 3446
1891R.G. 12 / 2773
1901R.G. 13 / 1332
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Church Records

  • The ecclesiastical parish would have been in the rural deanery of Eyam.
     
  • The Wesleyan Reform Chapel was built in 1834.
     
  • Janet KIRK has a photograph of the Wesleyan Reform Chapel on the Wishful-Thinking site, dated February, 2004.
     
  • John SLATER also has a photograph of the Wesleyan Reform Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"FROGGATT, a township in the parish of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 6 miles N.E. of Bakewell. It is situated on the river Derwent."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]

There's more to be found about the village at the Frogs.Co.NZ site.

You can see pictures of Froggatt which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

  • The section of LYSONS' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Baslow, transcribed by Barbarann AYARS, includes the briefest mention of Froggatt.
     
  • Terry ROBINSON has a photograph of the Chequers Inn, Froggatt Edge on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.
     
  • David LALLY has a photograph of the sign at Chequers Inn on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2021.
     
  • Graham HOGG has a photograph of the bronze age stone circle on Froggatt Edge on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2018.
     
  • The Froggatt Road Bridge is a 17th century structure listed as Class II by English Heritage.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK248769 (Lat/Lon: 53.288277, -1.628796), Froggatt which are provided by:

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Military Records

  • For a photograph of the Froggatt War Memorial and the names on it, see the Roll of Honour site.
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient Township in Curbar parish, Derbyshire, and was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • The citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council, They periodic Parish Meetings of all citizens to discuss civic and political issues.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Derbyshire Dales District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bakewell petty session hearings.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Bakewell Poorlaw Union.