Dumbleton
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For the surname, see Dumbleton (surname).
Dumbleton (grid reference SP016360) is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire.
The village is known to have existed in the time of Ethelred I who granted land to Abingdon Abbey, and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
St Peter's church is of Norman origin with mainly 13th century additions. The chancel was rebuilt in 1862.
Historic buildings include The Old Rectory (16th century) and Dumbleton Hall (1830), now a hotel.
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- David Verey, Gloucestershire: the Vale and the Forest of Dean, The Buildings of England series edited by Nicholas Pevsner, 2nd ed (1976) ISBN 0-14-071041-8
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