Notgrove is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, England

England

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, approximately 28.5 (17.8 miles) to the east of Gloucester

Gloucester

Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

. It lies in the Cotswolds

Cotswolds

The Cotswolds are a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...

, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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History

The village was recorded as Natangrafum between 716–43. It was listed in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 of 1086 as Nategrave or Nategraua, the name coming from the Old English næt + grāf meaning "wet grove or copse".

Governance

Notgrove is part of the Sandywell ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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 of the district of Cotswold

Cotswold (district)

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, represented by Councillor

Councillor

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 Robin Hughes, a member of the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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. Notgrove is part of the constituency of Cotswold

Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)

The Cotswolds is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

, represented at parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 by Conservative MP

Member of Parliament

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 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. It is part of the South West England

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 constituency of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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Geography

Notgrove is in the county of Gloucestershire and lies within the Cotswolds

Cotswolds

The Cotswolds are a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...

, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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. 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

Post town

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 Cheltenham and about 7 km (4.5 miles) west of Bourton-on-the-Water

Bourton-on-the-Water

Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England that lies on a wide flat vale within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...

. Nearby villages include Turkdean

Turkdean

Turkdean is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 30 km to the east of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-History:...

, Cold Aston

Cold Aston

Cold Aston is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately to the east of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-Toponymy:...

, Hazleton, Naunton

Naunton

Naunton is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated in the Cotswolds, an area of outstanding natural beauty ; approximately 6 miles west of Stow-on-the-Wold and 12 miles east of Cheltenham....

 and Salperton

Salperton

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Church

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew. It is a Norman

Normans

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 church, believed to be on the site of a Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

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 cemetery

Cemetery

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. It houses effigies

Effigy

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 to the descendants of Richard Whittington (Dick Whittington)

Richard Whittington

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