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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dean Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Deynehouse 1526 Watson 1563 WillY
  • Dean 1379 PT
  • del Dene 1452 Pat

Etymology

, Deynehouse 1526 Watson 665, 1563 WillY , ' valley house ' , named from Luddenden Dean infra or from a family of Dean (Johannes de Dente (sic) 1379 PT, del Dene 1452 Pat ) , which also took its name from the same valley ( v. denu ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name