West Dean
Major Settlement in the Parish of West Dean
Historical Forms
- (æt) Deone c.880 BCS553 c.1000 RH 1275 Ass 1279 Ipm 1282 FA 1324 FF 1328 SR 1332
- Deon 1341 NI
- Westdeone 1345,1351 Ipm
- Duene 1086 DB 1315 Ipm
- West Duene 1319 Inqaqd
- Westduene 1324 Pat
- Dune 1242 Fees 1263 Ipm 1291 Tax 1316 FA
- Westdune 1270 Ipm
- Dene 1275 RH 1282 Ipm
- Westden 1275 Cl
- Westdene 1279 Ass
- Westdeene 1310 Ipm
- Westedene 1401 IpmR
- Deene 1467 Pat
- Dean 1547 SR
- Doene 1289 Ass 1428 FA
- Westdoene 1297 Pat 1327 Ass
Etymology
This is a difficult name. Ekwall (Studies 65) would explain it as deriving from an unrecorded deonu , a variant of denu , 'valley,' with u -mutation. West to distinguish from the adjacent East Dean (Ha).