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.

The Dean

Other OS name in the Parish of Churchdown

Historical Forms

  • in þe dene c.1220 GlR
  • Hunderdene 1270 ib

Etymology

, in þe dene c. 1220 GlR, Hunderdene 1270 ib , cf. Dean close 1775GR 184 , v. denu ' valley ' , and under ' underneath ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement