In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Duntisbourne Abbots like this:
DUNTISBORNE-ABBOTTS, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; near Ermine-street, 5¼ miles NNW of Cirencester town and r. station. It contains the tything of Duntisborne-Leer; and its post town is Winstone, under Cirencester. Acres, 3, 290. Real property, £2, 760. Pop., 354. Houses, 72. ...
The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Gloucester abbey. Duntisborne House is the seat of the Baillies. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £300.* Patron, the Rev. R. R. Suckling. The church is good; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Duntisbourne Abbots through time
Duntisbourne Abbots is now part of Cotswold district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cotswold has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Duntisbourne Abbots itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Duntisbourne Abbots, in Cotswold and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10616
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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