Upper and Lower Dean
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dean
Historical Forms
- Dene 1086 DB
- Middeldene 1287 Ass
- Dene juxta Tillebroke 1307 Ass
- Overdene 1430 Pat
- Overdeane, Netherdeane 1539 Dugdvi.82
- Overden, Netherden 1545 LP
Etymology
v. denu . The valley is that of the tributary stream which joins the Til at Lower Dean. Over and Nether are the usual earlier terms for places now known as Upper and Lower . Tilbrook is the neighbouring Huntingdonshire parish. Where the settlement of Middeldene was it is impossible to say.