Dumbleton
Sign in to saveDumbleton is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The village is roughly 20 miles from the city of Gloucester. The village is known to have existed in the time of Æthelred I who granted land to Abingdon Abbey, and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tewkesbury
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 576
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Dumbleton
- UK place.population
- 576
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dumbleton Drinking Fountain.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Village Drinking Fountain
- UK place.shire_district
- Tewkesbury
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Dumbleton
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Tewkesbury
- UK place.post_town
- Evesham
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Tewkesbury
- Population
- +576
- Official website
- www.dumbleton-parish-council.org.uk
- Image
- Dumbleton Drinking Fountain.jpg
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- P8168
- Early Middle Ages
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Parish church
- The Old Rectory
- Dumbleton Hall
- Governance
- External links
- References
Dumbleton is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The village is roughly 20 miles from the city of Gloucester. The village is known to have existed in the time of Æthelred I who granted land to Abingdon Abbey, and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Dumbleton is on the edge of Dumbleton Hill, a foothill of the Cotswolds and is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Dumbleton is mainly residential with facilities including a Village Hall from 1899, a successful Cricket Club (National Village Cup Winners 2022), a Social Club, Garden Club, Infants’ School (temporarily closed as of September 2022) and an Estate Office. The village also contains the main entrance to Dumbleton Hall, which now functions as a hotel.