Dinedor
Dinedor Church
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
UK Parliament

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]

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



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