Froggatt, Derbyshire

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Froggatt is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, on the A625 road and beside the River Derwent. In 2021, 185 people lived there. It is near Calver in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the East Midlands.

The name Froggatt may come from Frog Cottage (Old English Frogga Cot) or from the name Froggegate recorded in 1203. In the 1200s the manor of Baslow was shared between two families, the Vernons and the Bassetts, and Froggatt (then called Froggecotes) was held by the Bassets. Around 1290 John Froggecotes bought land from Simon Bassett, including a grove of trees. The land stayed in the Frogogcott/Froggatt family for many generations until 1752, when the senior branch died out. A later line of descendants includes Thomas Froggott of Folds Farm, Calver.

Froggatt has a place of worship, a Wesleyan chapel, and a pub, the Chequers Inn. The village features a distinctive 17th‑century bridge with two arches that are different shapes and sizes. Nearby is Froggatt Edge, a gritstone escarpment.