Duntisbourne Rouse

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Duntisbourne Rouse
Duntisbourne Rouse shown within Gloucestershire
Parish	Duntisbourne Rouse
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CIRENCESTER
Postcode district	GL7
Dialling code	01285
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	Great Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Cotswold
List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 51°45′24″N 2°01′37″W / 51.7567, -2.0268

Duntisbourne Rouse is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

1 History
- 1.1 Toponymy
2 Governance
3 Geography
4 References

[edit] History

[edit] Toponymy

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".^[1] The manorial affix came from a family called le Rous, who were at one time the lords of the manor.^[1]^[2] By 1287, the village was known as Duntesbourn Rus.^[1]

[edit] Governance

The parishes of Duntisbourne Rous and the neighbouring village of Duntisbourne Abbotts are covered by a single 7-person council, the Duntisbournes Parish Council.^[3] Duntisbourne Rouse is part of the Ermin ward of the district of Cotswold and is currently represented by Councillor Nicholas Parsons, a member of the Conservative Party.^[4] Duntisbourne Rouse is part of the constituency of Cotswold, represented at parliament by Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.^[5] It is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.