Frogmore, Hertfordshire

Historical Description

Frogmore, an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1859 from the civil parish of St Stephen, Herts, 2 miles S from St Albans. It has a station on the L. & N.W.R. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sfc Albans; net yearly value, £144 with residence. Population, 1215. The church, a building of brick and flint in the Norman style, was erected in 1842. In 1891 a burial ground, the gift of Carr Wigg, Esq., and his sister, Mrs Harry Oliver, was conveyed to trustees and consecrated by the Bishop of St Albans.

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hertfordshire is online.

Maps

Online maps of Frogmore are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hertfordshire newspapers online:

• Hertford Mercury and Reformer
• Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser
• Watford Observer

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634. Edited by Walter C. Metcalfe, F.S.A. is available on the Heraldry page.