Low Dinsdale

Low Dinsdale
Church of St John the Baptist in Low Dinsdale
Low Dinsdale Location within County Durham
Population	871 (2011 census)
Civil parish	Neasham
Unitary authority	Darlington
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DARLINGTON
Postcode district	DL2
Dialling code	01325
UK Parliament	Sedgefield
List of places UK England County Durham 54°29′38″N1°27′58″W / 54.494°N 1.466°W / 54.494; -1.466

Low Dinsdale is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Neasham, in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south-east of Darlington. On 1 April 2016 the parish was abolished and merged with Neasham and Middleton St. George. ^[1]

Historically the village was commonly known as Dinsdale. ^[2] "Low" was added to distinguish the village from the neighbouring village of Over Dinsdale, on the opposite bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire. The toponym was recorded in Domesday Book as Dignesale and Dirneshale, and recorded in 1088 as Detnisale. The name is Old English and means either "nook of land belonging to a man named Dyttin" or "nook of land belonging to Deighton". Deighton was in the same wapentake (Allerton) as Over Dinsdale. ^[3]

Listed buildings include Low Dinsdale Manor and Dinsdale Park a former Spa hotel.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Tees Valley

The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 871. ^[4]

References

1. "Darlington Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan (1894) on Genuki
3. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Dinsdale", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
4. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 24 July 2015.