Dinnington

Other current and historical names

Dinnitone
Dinnitona
Duintone
Duintona

Parish/Community: Dinnington
District/Borough: South Somerset
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°54'42"N 2°51'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 340307, 112840
OS Grid: ST403128
Mapcode Local: GBR MC.QZLJ
Mapcode Global: FRA 46XP.PB2

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., mid. Somerset, 3 miles NW. of Crewkerne, 514ac., pop. 162.

Dinnington in the Domesday Book

A village in South Petherton hundred, in the county of Somerset.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmer Ator
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Siward the falconer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Siward the falconer
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 7¼d
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Siward the falconer (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 13 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Dinnington, Somerset

Dinnington is a hamlet in Somerset

Dinnington in historic gazetteers

Dinnington in the Domesday Book