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Survey of English Place-Names

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Treasurer's Dean

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderbury

Etymology

Treasurer's Dean (6″). Cf. Treasurers Copps 1650ParlSurv .These lands, belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, were appropriated to the support of the Treasurer of that church (Hoare 4). Cf. Tresereresgrove (13thFor ) in Grovely.