Frogmore, Hertfordshire
{{Short description|Village in Hertfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name = Frogmore
|coordinates = {{coord|51.718|-0.328|display=inline,title}}
|civil_parish = St Stephen
|population = 800
|population_ref = (2001 census estimate based on buildings shown on the Ordnance Survey here within St Stephen parish)
|static_image_name = Holy Trinity Church Frogmore - geograph.org.uk - 37000.jpg
|static_image_caption = Holy Trinity Church by George Gilbert Scott and William Moffatt{{NHLE|num=1347115|accessdate=25 August 2012}} Holy Trinity Church
|london_distance_mi =
|london_direction =
|shire_district = St Albans
|shire_county = Hertfordshire
|region = East of England
|constituency_westminster = St Albans
|post_town = ST ALBANS
|postcode_district = AL2
|postcode_area = AL
|dial_code = 01727
|os_grid_reference = TL155034
}}
Frogmore is a village {{convert|3|mi}} north of Radlett in Hertfordshire,Harold Philip Clunn, The face of the home counties: portrayed in a series of eighteen week-end drives from London, Publisher: Spring Books, 1936, 562 pages, [https://books.google.com/books?ei=i8roT_uCNYK0hAe0xuTXCQ&id=qWcZAAAAIAAJ page 62] and {{convert|2|mi}} south of St Albans city centre (though in said city's contiguous built-up area). It is located in St Stephen civil parish, within the City and District of St Albans, and the county of Hertfordshire.
It includes the 19th century Holy Trinity church{{cite web |title=Holy Trinity, Frogmore |url=https://www.hotfrog.org.uk/ |website=Holy Trinity, Frogmore |access-date=22 August 2022}} designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and Moor Mill featuring two water wheels,Nikolaus Pevsner, Bridget Cherry, Hertfordshire. The Buildings of England, Ireland, and Scotland Series, Pevsner Architectural Guides, First published by Penguin Books, 1953, reprinted by Yale University Press, 1977, {{ISBN|0300096119}}, 9780300096118, 460 pages, [https://books.google.com/books?id=v9nm4_WewXQC&pg=PA144 page 143] (not to be confused with Henry Fourdrinier's Frogmore Paper Mill in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead).
History
The village is mentioned in Daniel Paterson's travel guide of 1796, on the route from London to St. Albans.Daniel Paterson, A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, Printed for T.N. Longman, 1796. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Tr4uAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA136 Page 117]
Granada Publishing, whose imprints included Grafton and Panther Books, were based at Frogmore,[https://books.google.com/books?ei=tnUBUL_SAonctAarnrSRBg The Bookseller, magazine, publ. J. Whitaker] until it was sold in 1983.Eric Baird, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=37ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1512%2C5656258 Wm Collins looks set to continue as market bestseller]", in The Glasgow Herald, Dec 31, 1984, page 19
The Park Street and Frogmore Society "was formed to promote interest in local history and nature conservation and covers the three villages of Park Street, Frogmore and Colney Street"."[http://www.hertsdirect.org/your-community/comvol/hobbi2y/nathist3/envnaturalhistory3/878170 Park Street and Frogmore Society]", Hertfordshire County Council, retrieved 25 June 2012
Frogmore Cricket Club plays in Park Street."[http://frogmore.play-cricket.com/home/aboutus.asp Frogmore Cricket Club]" at play-cricket.com, retrieved 26 June 2012.