Dinton | |
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Dinton from the south | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 809 (2011 Census)(civil parish)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP7610 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
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.