Duntsbourn-Rouse (St. Michael)
DUNTSBOURN-ROUSE (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Cirencester, hundred of Crowthorne and Minety, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Cirencester; containing 138 inhabitants. It is situated on the old Roman road from Gloucester to Cirencester, and comprises by admeasurement 2000 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 14. 9½., and in the gift of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; the tithes have been commuted partly for land and partly for a rent-charge, making together about £320 per annum; the land contains about 300 acres. The church was built in 1587, and has a carved oak pulpit, and carved prebendal stalls. Sir Robert Atkyns, author of the History of Gloucestershire, resided in the parish.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.