Place:Dinton, Buckinghamshire, England

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NameDinton
Alt namesDanitonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 42
TypeVillage
Coordinates51.793616°N 0.889526°W
Located inBuckinghamshire, England
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dinton is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the south of the district of Aylesbury Vale on the ancient turnpike leading from Aylesbury to Thame (although this road has since been diverted away from the village). It is within the civil parish of Dinton with Ford and Upton. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Dunna's estate'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was listed as Danitone.

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