English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dean Cottages

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Deans Cottage 1831 Bry
  • Dean Cottage 1842 OS

Etymology

, Deans Cottage 1831 Bry, Dean Cottage 1842 OS , cf. Big Dean & Little Dean , Deans , Deans Meadow 1845TA , v. denu ' a valley ' , cf. Clough Row, Dean St., Dingle Lane supra , DeneBrook, Overdene infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site