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Duntisbourne Rouse

Coordinates: 51°45′25″N 2°01′37″W / 51.757°N 2.027°W / 51.757; -2.027
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Duntisbourne Rouse
The ford at Duntisbourne Rouse
Duntisbourne Rouse is located in Gloucestershire
Duntisbourne Rouse
Duntisbourne Rouse
Location within Gloucestershire
Population70 (2001)
Civil parish
  • Duntisbourne Rouse
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCIRENCESTER
Postcode districtGL7
Dialling code01285
PoliceGloucestershire
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51°45′25″N 2°01′37″W / 51.757°N 2.027°W / 51.757; -2.027

Duntisbourne Rouse is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 70.[1]

History

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Toponymy

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The village was recorded as Duntesburne in 1055 and Duntesborne in the 1086 Domesday Book, the name coming from the Old English for "stream of a man called Dunt".[2] The manorial affix came from a family called le Rous, who were at one time the lords of the manor.[2][3] By 1287, the village was known as Duntesbourn Rus.[2]

Governance

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The parishes of Duntisbourne Rouse and the neighbouring village of Duntisbourne Abbots are covered by a single 7-person council, the Duntisbournes Parish Council.[4] Duntisbourne Rouse is part of the Ermin ward of the district of Cotswold and is represented by Councillor Nicholas Parsons, a member of the Conservative Party.[5] Duntisbourne Rouse is part of the constituency of Cotswold, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.[6] It was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020.

Geography

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Duntisbourne Rouse is in the county of Gloucestershire, and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) south-east of Gloucester and approximately 6.5 km (4.0 mi) north-west of Cirencester. Nearby villages include Duntisbourne Abbots, Duntisbourne Leer, Bagendon and Daglingworth.

Church

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St. Michael's church

The church at Duntisbourne Rouse is dedicated to St. Michael and is located on the side of a hill overlooking the Dunt valley.[7] The church, which dates from Saxon times, includes a small crypt beneath the building.[8] The chancel was added in Norman times.[9] The choir stalls contain five misericords.[9] Whether they were originally installed in this church or imported from elsewhere is unknown.[10] The windows date from the 12th century, the tower from the 15th century and the pews and panelling from the 18th century.[7] The organ was donated by Vera, Charlotte and Jeanne Beauchamp in memory of their sister, modernist writer Katherine Mansfield. A plaque to this effect is located on the side of the organ.[11] The church was designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage on 26 November 1958.[12]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Parish Headcounts: Cotswold". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-19-280074-4.
  3. ^ Hall, Michael (1993). Stratford-Upon-Avon and the Cotswolds. The Pevensey Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-907115-68-3.
  4. ^ "Duntisbournes Parish Council". Gloucestershire County Council. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  5. ^ "COTSWOLD — Find your councillor". Cotswold District Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Cotswold — Constituency — Conservative Party". Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Parish of Duntisbourne Rous". ParishConnections.org. 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  8. ^ Fewins, Clive (2005). The Church Explorer's Handbook. SCM-Canterbury Press Ltd. p. 126. ISBN 1-85311-622-X.
  9. ^ a b Betjeman, John (1958). Collins Guide to English Parish Churches. Collins. p. 172.
  10. ^ Remnant, G. L.; Mary Désirée Anderson (1969). A Catalogue of Misericords in Great Britain. Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-19-817164-1.
  11. ^ "Organ Plaque". Katherine Mansfield Society. 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  12. ^ "Church Of St Michael". Heritage Gateway. English Heritage. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Moberly, George Herbert", in Alumni Oxonienses 1715-1886, Vol. 3 (1892), p. 965