Dunsmore, Buckinghamshire

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Dunsmore is a hamlet in the parish of Ellesborough, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the hilltop of one of the Chiltern Hills, about 2 miles south of Wendover. It is one of the remotest places in the whole of Buckinghamshire, accessible only by two steep, single-track hillside lanes.

The place name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means literally Dunna's moor.

Today the village is extremely picturesque as it is surrounded by mostly National Trust owned woodland. However due to its location it is occasionally cut off because of bad weather or bad road conditions, and retains its small community atmosphere. Central features of the hamlet are the village pond, the village hall and the Church of the Resurrection, Dunsmore. There were two public houses, the Fox and the Black Horse, but these have closed and been converted into residential dwellings in recent years.

Dunsmore is very near to the Prime Ministers weekend residence Chequers & the local Second Boer War memorial on Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire above Wendover in the Aylesbury vale, which also offers the best Sledding in the area when snow occasionally falls.

There are other English places called Dunsmore.