Low Dinsdale
| Low Dinsdale | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
 Church of St John the Baptist, Low Dinsdale | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ347109 |
| Location: | 54°29’35"N, 1°27’55"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 871 (2011) |
| Postcode: | DL |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Darlington |
Low Dinsdale is a village in County Durham, in the very south of the county, beside the River Tees, which marks the county’s border with the North Riding of Yorkshire. The parish population at the 2011 census was 871.
Across the river in Yorkshire is Over Dinsdale., to which Low Dinsdale is joined by the Over Dinsdale Bridge. Here the Tees makes a long, loop to the north, so that the Yorkshire bank is to the north and Durham’s to the south at this point.
The village is a few miles to the south-east of Darlington.
Historically the village was commonly known as Dinsdale.[1] "Low" was added to distinguish the village from neighbouring Over Dinsdale. The name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Dignesale and Dirneshale, and recorded in 1088 as Detnisale. The name is Old English, and means either "Dyttin’s nook of land " or "Deighton’s nook".[2]
Listed buildings include Low Dinsdale Manor and Dinsdale Park a former spa hotel.
References
- ↑ Information on Low Dinsdale from GENUKI
- ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Dinsdale", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
