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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Duntisbourne Abbots Parish Cirencester Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Duntisbourne Abbots |
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