Dinton, Buckinghamshire

Dinton is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, within the Buckinghamshire Council unitary authority area. It is in the south of the 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.

Dinton
Dinton from the south
Dinton
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population809 (2011 Census)(civil parish)
OS grid referenceSP7610
Civil parish
  • Dinton with Ford and Upton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central

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