Baunton is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, located about two miles north of Cirencester on the River Churn.

The village is recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 under the name of Baudintone[2] which means an estate associated with a man called Balda.

[3] The Norman church of St Mary Magdalene was built by the Augustinian monks of Cirencester Abbey as a Chapel of Ease in about 1150.

Inside there is large wall painting, probably dating from the 14th century, which depicts St Christopher carrying the Christ Child across a stream.

The village contains a number of Grade II listed buildings including the 16th century Manor House[4] and Baunton Mill.