Dinedor

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Dinedor
Herefordshire
Dinedor Church - geograph.org.uk - 157952.jpg
Dinedor Church
Location
Grid reference: SO533367
Location: 52°1’38"N, 2°40’51"W
Data
Population: 328  (2011)
Post town: Hereford
Postcode: HR2
Local Government
Council: Herefordshire

Dinedor is a hill and a village in Herefordshire. It is found three miles south-east of Hereford.

The hilltop is the site of an Iron Age fort.

The name Dinedor is believed to be of Old Welsh origin meaning 'hill with a fort'.[1]

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References

  1. Mills, A.D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780199609086.