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A '''Dene''', derived from the Old English ''denu'' and frequently spelled '''dean''', used to be a common name for a valley, in which sense it is frequently found as a component of English place-names, such as [[Rottingdean]] and [[Ovingdean]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed}}</ref> |
A '''Dene''', derived from the [[Old English]] ''denu'' and frequently spelled '''dean''', used to be a common name for a valley, in which sense it is frequently found as a component of English place-names, such as [[Rottingdean]] and [[Ovingdean]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed}}</ref> |
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In the English counties of [[County Durham|Durham]] and [[Northumberland]] a dene is a steep-sided wooded valley through which a [[Burn (topography)|burn]] runs. Many of the incised valleys cut by small streams that flow off the Durham and Northumberland plateau into the [[North Sea]] are given the name Dene, as in [[Castle Eden Dene]] and [[Crimdon Dene]] in Durham and [[Jesmond Dene]] in [[Tyne and Wear]]. |
In the English counties of [[County Durham|Durham]] and [[Northumberland]] a dene is a steep-sided wooded valley through which a [[Burn (topography)|burn]] runs. Many of the incised valleys cut by small streams that flow off the Durham and Northumberland plateau into the [[North Sea]] are given the name Dene, as in [[Castle Eden Dene]] and [[Crimdon Dene]] in Durham and [[Jesmond Dene]] in [[Tyne and Wear]]. |
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A Dene, derived from the Old English denu and frequently spelled dean, used to be a common name for a valley, in which sense it is frequently found as a component of English place-names, such as Rottingdean and Ovingdean.[1]
In the English counties of Durham and Northumberland a dene is a steep-sided wooded valley through which a burn runs. Many of the incised valleys cut by small streams that flow off the Durham and Northumberland plateau into the North Sea are given the name Dene, as in Castle Eden Dene and Crimdon Dene in Durham and Jesmond Dene in Tyne and Wear.
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed.
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