English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dinting

Early-attested site in the Parish of Glossop

Historical Forms

  • Dentinc 1086 DB
  • Dunting(e), Duntyng, Duntynk 1226 FF Hy3,1285 For
  • Dontyng 1285 ib
  • Dintyng, Dinting Hy3,1285 ib

Etymology

Dinting, Dentinc 1086 DB, Dunting (e ), Duntyng , Duntynk 1226 FF, Hy 3, 1285For , Dontyng 1285 ib (p), Dintyng , Dinting Hy 3, 1285 ib. The first el. of this name may be of Celtic origin, but no word is known which explains the forms; the second is apparently -ing2 .