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.

Dinnaton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cornwood

Historical Forms

  • Dinintona, Dunitona 1086 DB
  • Dynenton 1242 Fees796
  • Dynyngton 1303 FA 1330 SR
  • Dynnyngton 1428 FA

Etymology

This is probably from OE  Dynning -tūn , i.e. 'Dynna 's farm,' v. ingtun . It may be that Dynna is to be identified with the Donna (Exch Donno ) who held the manor TRE, with a rare though not unparalleled rendering of OE y by o before n in DB.