What is "dumbleton"

Dumbleton is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. The village is roughly 20 miles from the city of Gloucester. 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.

Dumbleton is situated on the edge of Dumbleton Hill, a foothill of the Cotswolds and is situated within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Dumbleton is mainly residential, although there is a local shop, an Infants’ School, a Social Club, a Village Hall, and an Estate Office. The village also contains the main entrance to Dumbleton Hall, which now functions as a hotel.

Dumbleton is a surname, and may refer to:

• Horatio Norris Dumbleton (1858–1935), English cricketer and officer in the Royal Engineers
• John Dumbleton (died circa 1349), Scholastic philosopher
• Lionel Jack Dumbleton (1905-1976), New Zealand entomologist