Notgrove (St. Bartholomew)

NOTGROVE (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Stow-on-the-Wold, hundred of Bradley, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4¾ miles (N.) from Northleach; containing 181 inhabitants. It comprises 1500 acres, of which the soil is a stone brash, and generally laid out as sheep pasture. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £256. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1770; the glebe altogether comprises 314 acres, with a house. The church is a small ancient structure.