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Coordinates: 51°52′50″N 1°50′37″W / 51.8806°N 1.8435°W
Notgrove 
Notgrove
Notgrove shown within GloucestershireParish 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]
References
- ^ a b Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 257. ISBN 0192800744.
- ^ "Notgrove". Domesday Book. The National Archives. 1086. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7577240&queryType=1&resultcount=1. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- ^ "Cotswold — Find your councillor". Cotswold District Council. 2007-09-04. http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1948&tt=cotswold. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
- ^ "Cotswold — Constituency — Conservative Party". Conservative Party. http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.constituency.page&obj_id=1396. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Extract From National Gazetteer, 1868". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Notgrove/Gaz1868.html. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
- ^ Hall, Michael (1993). Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds. The Pevensey Press. pp. 91. ISBN 0907115683. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GopyAAAACAAJ.
- ^ Betjeman, John (1958). Collins Guide to English Parish Churches. Collins. pp. 175.
External links
Categories:- Villages in Gloucestershire
- Cotswold (district)
- Gloucestershire geography stubs
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