Duntisbourne Leer


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 southeast of Gloucester and approximately 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. Nutbeam Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building, dating in part from the 15th century, and part of the former monastic estate.