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 Aldbourne

Historical Forms

  • Sheephouse dean 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

may be the Sheephouse dean of 1650 (ParlSurv ) , v. denu , ' valley . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement