Dinnington

Other current and historical names

Dunintone
Dunnitone
Domnitone

Built-Up Area: Dinnington
Parish/Community: Dinnington St. John's
Unitary Authority: Rotherham
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°22'6"N 1°12'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 452611, 386024
OS Grid: SK526860
Mapcode Local: GBR MYZH.N6
Mapcode Global: WHDDT.CLPJ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Dinnington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Dinnington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Dinnington, par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles SE. of Rotherham, 1650 ac., pop. 259; contains Dinnington Hall.

Dinnington in the Domesday Book

A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: 54 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £24 in 1066; £15 in 1086
- Households: 83 villagers; 23 smallholders; 23 freemen; 2 men-at-arms
- Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 30 men's ploughs (29 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Households: 6 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 8 furlongs

British Place Names

Dinnington, Rotherham

Dinnington is a town in Dinnington , Rotherham

Dinnington in historic gazetteers

Dinnington in the Domesday Book