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.

Dean Clough & Dean Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Deanhead 1709 WMB
  • Little Dean, Dean Slack 1851 TA

Etymology

, Deanhead 1709WMB, Little Dean , Dean Slack 1851TA , cf. the nearby Deanhouse272supra , v. clōh , slakki ' hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement