Notgrove / Nategraue

There is an entry for Notgrove [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SP1120/notgrove/] [accessed 7 February 2019]; it reports "0.5 church lands" but not a church in it, though there probaly was one there. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the Norman period ornamented with a rope moulding. Tyrrell-Green (ibid) gives a list of such fonts in which a rope moulding constitutes "the sole adornment": Bierton (Bucks.), Egloskerry (Cornwall), Launcells Cornwall), Tremaine (Cornwall), Wick (Glam), Tresmere (Cornwall), Notgrove (Gloucs.), Folkton (NYorks.), Backwell (Somerset), Congresbury (Somerset). Noted in Verey (1982). Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Fine Norman tub-shaped font with a double band of cable moulding beneath the rim." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 9, 2001) notes: "Notgrove church [...] Part of the fabric, including the nave arcade, dates from the 12th century, but the church was extensively remodelled in the 14th century [...] The font has a 12th-century tub-shaped bowl." The basin is bucket-shaped with a well-executed double-rope moulding on the upper basin side, the thread running in opposite directions thus creating an 'opus spicatum' effect; the lower base is octagonal and the plinth square, both narrow. The modern lead lining of the basin interior wraps around the upper rim. The round flat cover appears to have decorative carving.