Chalgrove
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Chalgrove is a village and civil parish comprising some 1115 hectares. It is situated in the English county of Oxfordshire, about ten miles south-east of Oxford.
In addition to Chalgrove itself, the parish embraces the small settlement of Rofford and the former parish of Warpsgrove with which it merged in 1932.
[edit] Toponymy
In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village is called 'Celgrave' which is believed to mean 'at the chalk or limestone pit'.
