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Early Origins of the Dinninton family

The surname Dinninton was first found in South Yorkshire at Dinnington, a town now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. The town dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was listed as Dunintone and literally meant "estate associated with a man called Dunn(a)" from the Old English personal name + ing + tun. 1 Dinnington is also a village and civil parish in Somerset and a village and civil parish in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear. So, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Dinnington, occupied by Roger le Bully, a Norman noble listed in the Domesday Book who was under-tenant to William of Warrene. 2

Early History of the Dinninton family

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Dinninton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dennington, Denington, Denninton, Deninton, Dinnington, Dinninton, Dininten, Dininten, Denyngton, Dinyington, Dynington and many more.

Early Notables of the Dinninton family

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Migration of the Dinninton family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Oliver Denington, who arrived in Virginia in 1636; Wm. Denington, who settled in Virginia in 1671; John Dinning, who settled in America in 1750; Johannes Dinning, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1778.



  1. Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
  2. Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)


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