Dean
Early-attested site in the Parish of Spelsbury
Historical Forms
- Dene 1086 DB
- Deyne 1473 ParColl early18th
- Deyne Grove 1542 Dean
Etymology
'Valley,' v. denu . Cf. Dean 2: “at one time the greater part of it must have been down at the bottom of the hill on which it now stands,” and “fields called Town's End Hill lying well to the south of the village suggest that in the late Middle Ages Dean was still a village in a valley” (ib. 10).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Dean Grove
- Chalford Green
- Deadman's Riding
- Devil's Pool
- Newbarn Fm
- Dogkennel Wood
- Hawk Stone
- Henley Knapp
- Inott's Clump
- Laurel Wood
- Sheers Copse
- Spelsburydown Fm