Frosterley
   
A large village at the eastern end of Weardale, Frosterley has been inhabited since Mesolithic times with flints and stone axes
dating from that era and also the Neolithic period having been found in the vicinity.
The Weardale railway has a station in the village.
Frosterley Marble is a black limestone containing crinoids from the Carboniferous Period and has been extracted at the nearby
Rogerley Quarry for over 700 years.  When polished it is a beautiful ornate stone and is used as decoration in churches.
The columns in Durham Cathedral used Frosterley Marble and examples can also be found in the vilage such as the Church
of  St. Michael & All Saints and the railway station.
A mine once operated in Rogerley Quarry from the 19th century.  It was the only mine where mineral specimens such as
aragonite, quartz, greenockite and flourite was extracted on a commercial basis.  Mining ceased here in 2016.