North Cerney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire, and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The North Cerney Manor was in the possession of the Bishop of York from the Conqueror's time until 1545 when it was returned to the Crown.

[2] It is again attested in charters of the 990s associated with King Aethelred II, in the form æt Cyrne, meaning 'on the River Churn'[8] (the origin of whose own name is ancient, but whose etymology is obscure).

[9] To this was added the Old English word ēa ('river'), first attested in the form Cernei (and variant spellings like it) in the Domesday Book of 1086.

[8] The early 12th-century Church of All Saints is English Heritage Grade I listed for its special architectural and historic interest.

The church was fully restored through the wealth of the Cotswold wool industry and the determination of the rector William Whitchurch.