FROSTERLEY, a hamlet in the parish of STANHOTE, north-western division of DARLINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 3 miles (W.) from Waisingham. The population is returned with the parish. Here was formerly a chapel, which has long since gone to decay, but its site still retains the name of Chapel Close. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. John Hinks, in 1735, and Mary Todd, in 1824, bequeathed property for the endowment of a school, now producing an annual income of about £40. A school-room, with a house for the master, was erected by subscription in 1747.