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.

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.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site