Notgrove
| Notgrove | |
| Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 St Bartholomew's church, Notgrove | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP108202 |
| Location: | 51°52’50"N, 1°50’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 184 (2011) |
| Post town: | Cheltenham |
| Postcode: | GL54 |
| Dialling code: | 01451 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cotswold |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
The Cotswolds |
Notgrove is a village in Gloucestershire, approximately eighteen miles east of Gloucester. It stands amongst the Cotswolds.
The village is found eleven miles east of Cheltenham and about four and half miles west of Bourton-on-the-Water. Nearby villages include Turkdean, Cold Aston, Hazleton, Naunton and Salperton.
Name
The village was recorded as Natangrafum (dative plural) between 716–43.[1] It is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Nategrave or Nategraua, the name coming from the Old English næt graf meaning "wet grove or copse".[1]
Former Railway
There was once a station here, on the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway.
Church
The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. It is a Norman church, believed to be on the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery.[2] The church monuments include effigies to the descendants of Richard Whittington; the famous Dick Whittington, thrice mayor of London.[3]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ Hall, Michael (1993). Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds. The Pevensey Press. pp. 91. ISBN 0-907115-68-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=GopyAAAACAAJ.
- ↑ Betjeman, John (1958). Collins Guide to English Parish Churches. Collins. pp. 175.