Dinedor

Dinedor
Church of St Andrew, Dinedor
Dinedor is located in Herefordshire
Dinedor
Dinedor
Location within Herefordshire
Population328 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO510363
Civil parish
  • Dinedor
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHereford
Postcode districtHR2
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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Herefordshire
52°01′37″N 2°40′52″W / 52.027°N 2.681°W / 52.027; -2.681

Dinedor is a hill, village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.[2][3] Dinedor is situated 5 km (3.1 mi) south east of Hereford. The hilltop is the site of Dinedor Camp, an Iron Age fort.

The name Dinedor is possibly of Celtic origin meaning hill with a fort.[4]

Dinedor is a scattered Herefordshire village, lying around 3 km south east of the county town of Hereford. It contains around 135 residential properties housing up to 200 individuals.[5] The village is dominated by Dinedor Hill, site of Dinedor Camp, which lies at the south end of Dinedor Ridge.

There are two main centres of occupation, one clustered around the Church of St Andrew’s and the other on the slopes of Dinedor Camp.

Up until 1912 the vast majority of the land was owned by Rotherwas Estate, traditional home of the Bodenham family, this covered around two and a half thousand acres. This was put up for auction in 1912 and included in the sale were 15 farms, 19 small holdings, 25 cottages plus a blacksmiths shop together with shooting and fishing rights.[5]

The church of St Andrew is thought to date from the 13th century. It was almost entirely rebuilt in 1867–8 by FR Kempson, except for pyramid-roofed west tower which is believed to be an original part. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1987.[6] The ecclesiastical form of spelling the name of the parish has always been Dyndor.[5]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 149 Hereford & Leominster (Bromyard & Ledbury) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319229538.
  3. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780199609086.
  5. ^ a b c "Parish History". Dinedor Parish Council. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Church of St Andrew, A Grade II Listed Building in Dinedor, County of Herefordshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 February 2024.