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Frogmear/Frogmore Farm

Posted by Alick Lavers on 29/12/2021, 8:54 am

I am helping a lady trace her family in Bickleigh (near Plymouth) Parish who farmed at Frogmear/Frogmore in the 19th Century. I cannot find it under either name on any map. I do remember Frogmore Lane from when I was a boy but cannot recall where it was and I think that the name may well have been changed since.

Can someone help me, please?

Re: Frogmear/Frogmore Farm

Posted by Alick Lavers on 6/1/2022, 1:05 pm, in reply to "Frogmear/Frogmore Farm"

Thank you Karen and Tim. I have only just found your responses, because I was not informed of them by the website despite having ticked the boxes (webmaster please note!).

I walked past the bottom of Blackeven Hill every schoolday and up the hill sometimes on my way home on occasions when it didn't seem to be so steep. I seem to remember Frogmore Lane being in that area but eighty years is a long time and my memory is struggling with this one. So where was Frogmore/Frogmear Farm? Can someone help, please?

I think that the farm may have been called Frogmear first and then changed to Frogmore later?

Most farms were owned by Lord Roborough/The Lopes family, like many of us in those days.

Re: Frogmear/Frogmore Farm

Posted by Devon FHS on 6/1/2022, 2:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Frogmear/Frogmore Farm"

Alick,
This is not a Devon FHS issue.
Because of data protection, Boardhost no longer requests emails, so no notification is possible.
The "Notify" tick box is now redundant.
Devon FHS

Re: Frogmear/Frogmore Farm

Posted by Alick Lavers on 11/1/2022, 12:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Frogmear/Frogmore Farm"

Thank you for your response, O Nameless One.
I do not understand when you write that this is not a Devon FHS issue?

I have been a fully paid-up member of Devon FHS for many years (No. 13219) and I am OPC for Bickleigh near Plymouth and am trying to answer a request for help from a lady who is a descendant of the TOWL family who lived in the parish early 19th Century. I am hoping I might get clues about their home from other Devon FHS members who are normally very helpful. From my point of view, this is a request for help from other Devon FHS members.

If your notify tick box is now redundant, then why not remove it to avoid it being misleading?

Re: Frogmear/Frogmore Farm

Posted by Tim Treeby on 29/12/2021, 11:39 am, in reply to "Frogmear/Frogmore Farm"

According to Tithe Apportionments for Bickleigh there was

Higher Frogmere occupied by a William Dawe and
Lower Frogmere occupied by a John Hamlyn

Assuming one of these is the correct one that you are tracing, then would need to find on Tithe Map and then place that on a newer map.

Re: Frogmear/Frogmore Farm

Posted by Karen Newman on 29/12/2021, 9:57 am, in reply to "Frogmear/Frogmore Farm"

I have found a mention of Frogmore Lane in some online minutes for Bickleigh PC, dated 2016.

It says 'at the bottom of Blackeven Hill'.

Incidentally, there is a Frogmore Farm on the 19th C censuses, in Egg Buckland which is about 5 miles away from Bickleigh, I think.

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