Place:Dunton, Buckinghamshire, England

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NameDunton
Alt namesDodintonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 42
TypeVillage
Coordinates51.9°N 0.8°W
Located inBuckinghamshire, England
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dunton is a village and is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about eight miles from Aylesbury and six miles from Winslow.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Doda's farm'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Dodintone.

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