DUNTSBOURN (ABBOTS), a parish partly in
the hundred of RAPSGATE, comprising the township of
Duntsbourn-Leer, but chiefly in the hundred of CROWTHORNE-and-MINETY,
county of GLOUCESTER, 5 miles
(N.W. by N.) from Cirencester, containing 256 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £13.
D. Mesman, Esq. was patron in 1794. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. The Roman road Ermin-street
passes through this parish.