Dinton, Buckinghamshire

Dinton
Dinton from the south
Dinton Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	809 (2011 Census)(civil parish)[1]
OS grid reference	SP7610
Civil parish	Dinton with Ford and Upton
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°47′01″N 0°53′48″W / 51.7835°N 0.8967°W / 51.7835; -0.8967

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.

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