Notgrove

Notgrove

Coordinates: 51°52′50″N 1°50′37″W / 51.8806°N 1.8435°W / 51.8806; -1.8435

Notgrove
Notgrove is located in Gloucestershire
Notgrove

 Notgrove shown within Gloucestershire
Parish Notgrove
District Cotswold
Shire county Gloucestershire
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHELTENHAM
Postcode district GL54
Dialling code 01451
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance Great Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Cotswold
List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Notgrove is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 28.5 (17.8 miles) to the east of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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History

The village was recorded as Natangrafum between 716–43.[1] It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Nategrave or Nategraua, the name coming from the Old English næt + grāf meaning "wet grove or copse".[1][2]

Governance

Notgrove is part of the Sandywell ward of the district of Cotswold, represented by Councillor Robin Hughes, a member of the Conservative Party.[3] Notgrove is part of the constituency of Cotswold, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[4] It is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Geography

Notgrove is in the county of Gloucestershire and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about 28.5 km (17.8 miles) to the east of Gloucester. It is approximately 17.5 km (11 miles) east of its post town Cheltenham and about 7 km (4.5 miles) west of Bourton-on-the-Water. Nearby villages include Turkdean, Cold Aston, Hazleton, Naunton and Salperton.

Church

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.[5] It is a Norman church, believed to be on the site of a Saxon cemetery.[6] It houses effigies to the descendants of Richard Whittington (Dick Whittington).[7]

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