Duntisbourne Abbots

"DUNTISBORNE ABBOTTS, a parish in the hundred of Crowthorne, in the county of Gloucester, 6 miles N.W. of Cirencester, its post town, and 12 S.E. of Gloucester. It is situated near the ancient Ermine Street, and contains the tything of Duntisborne Leer. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £300, in the patronage of the Rev. R. R. Suckling. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is of stone structure, with tower. The charities are about £2 per annum. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel, and there is a National school for both sexes. William Baillie, Esq., is lord of the manor. Duntisborne House is the principal residence."

"DUNTISBORNE LEER, a tything in the parish of Duntisborne Abbotts, hundred of Rapsgate, in the county of Gloucester, 6 miles N.W. of Cirencester."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]