Duntisbourne Leer

Coordinates: 51°45′58″N 2°02′13″W / 51.766°N 2.037°W / 51.766; -2.037

Duntisbourne Leer
Duntisbourne Leer  Duntisbourne Leer shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO975075
- London	84 mi (135 km)
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CIRENCESTER
Postcode district	GL7
Dialling code	01285
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	Great Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Cotswold
List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Duntisbourne Leer 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 10.5 miles (16.9 km) southeast of Gloucester and approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Cirencester. Nearby villages include Duntisbourne Abbots and Duntisbourne Rouse.

The village was recorded as Duntesborne: Lyre Abbey in the Domesday Book, the name coming from the Old English for "stream of a man called Dunt" and the fact the hamlet belonged to the Abbey of Lyre in Normandy.^[1]

Reference

1. ^ Mills, A. D. (1998). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 120. ISBN 0192800744.