Dagnall
| Dagnall | |
|---|---|
 Dagnall Village Hall |
|
.jpg) Aerial view of Dagnall village |
|
 Dagnall
|
|
| Dagnall shown within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 511 |
| OS grid reference | SP9965 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Berkhamsted |
| Postcode district | HP4 |
| Dialling code | 01442 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Welcome to Edlesborough Parish Council Website |
Dagnall is a village in the parish of Edlesborough Northall and Dagnall, in Buckinghamshire, England.
The place name is derived from the Old English for "Daegga's Knoll". In manorial rolls of 1196 it was listed as Dagenhale. The spelling Dagenhale appears in a legal record of 1450. Thomas Bradwater is listed as a husbandman of the place.
Dagnall is in the Chiltern Hills and in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is next to the Ashridge Estate, owned and managed by The National Trust. House prices are significantly higher than average, in common with comparable locations in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Five main roads link Dagnall with the nearby towns of Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Tring, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted, and slightly further on to the larger towns of Luton, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes. The nearest villages to Dagnall are Ashridge, Studham and Whipsnade. Whipsnade Zoo is on the hill above the village.
All Saints' parish church is a Church of England and Methodist local ecumenical partnership and has clergy from both denominations.
...
Wikipedia