Dinedor

Dinedor

Dinedor Church
Population 328 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference SO510363
Civil parish
  • Dinedor
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Hereford
Postcode district HR2
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands

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 an Iron Age fort.

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

References

  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.

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Coordinates: 52°01′37″N 2°40′52″W / 52.027°N 2.681°W / 52.027; -2.681


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