Frogmore, Hampshire
| Frogmore | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Heather on Yateley Common, Frogmore | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU841602 |
| Location: | 51°20’6"N, -0°47’38"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Blackwater |
| Postcode: | GU17 |
| Dialling code: | 01252 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Hart |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Hampshire |
Frogmore is a small suburban village in north-eastern Hampshire, to the north-east of Yateley and being effectively an indistinguishable part of its neighbouring village, Blackwater. The north edge of Frogmore is on the River Blackwater, which forms the county border - across it is Sandhurst in Berkshire. The meeting of three counties - Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey is under a mile away in Blackwater.
The name of the village is much as it seems; from the Old English froggan mere, meaning 'Frog pond'.[1]
The village adjoins Darby Green and lies between the towns of Yateley and Blackwater.
Frogmore, Darby Green and Blackwater form a mixed community of both affluent and low-income residents; it has a small ex-Romany population.
About the village
Frogmore has a large, purpose-built village hall (built in 2001, replacing an earlier one), a large village green, a modern medical surgery, a primary school, a public house ('The Bell Inn') which is currently awaiting redevelopment, a modern church and a small shopping parade. An older church stood in nearby Darby Green but burned down in the 1980s.
Frogmore's Post Office was permanently closed in 2004.
Frogmore Community College is on the south-eastern edge of Yateley and includes a sports and leisure complex.
Yateley Common Country Park borders the district and, together with the military land around Gibraltar Barracks at Minley, offers access to many tracks and bridleways across extensive heathland.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9