Dorton

Also known as Dorton, Buckinghamshire

Dorton (or Dourton) is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale area in the western part of the county, about north of the Oxfordshire market town of Thame.

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Place details

Locality: Dorton
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Dorton
UK place.static_image_name: DortonChurch(AndrewSmith)Mar2006.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St John the Baptist parish church
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP6814
UK place.population: 166
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Dorton
UK place.unitary_england: Buckinghamshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Buckinghamshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.country: England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Mid Buckinghamshire
UK place.post_town: Aylesbury
UK place.postcode_district: HP18
UK place.postcode_area: HP
UK place.dial_code: 01844

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Wikidata facts

Population: 166
Image: DortonChurch(AndrewSmith)Mar2006.jpg
Dialing code: 01844

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Commons category: Dorton
postal code: HP18
OS grid reference: SP6814
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Article

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Contents

Manor
Parish church
Economic and social history
References
Sources
External links

==Manor== The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "farm at a narrow pass". The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Dortone, and in the 13th century it was Durtone.