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.

Dinton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Dinton

Historical Forms

  • Domnitone 1086 DB
  • Dunyngtun, Duningtun t.Hy2 Shaston 1225 SR 1227,1236 FF 1268 Ass
  • Duninton 1184 P 1203 FF 1208 Cur 1242 Fees
  • Dunynton 1249 Ass
  • Donynton 1324 FA
  • Duniton, Dunyton 1198 P 1205 Cur 1210 FF 1249 Ass
  • Donyton 1458 Trop
  • Donington 1268 Pat 1316 FA
  • Donyngton 1305 Ass 1327 SR 1354 Pat 1428 FA
  • Dynton 1505 Ipm
  • Dynton, Denyngton 1535 VE
  • Denyngton al. Donyngton 1571,1591 Recov

Etymology

'Dunna 's farm,' v. ingtun . For the vowel a. Introd. xx.

Places in the same Parish