| Dean | |
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 Road through Dean | |
  Dean Location withinOxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP3422 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chipping Norton |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Dialling code | 01608 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Spelsbury Parish Council |
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Dean is ahamlet inSpelsburycivil parish, about 2 miles (3 km) north ofCharlbury and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast ofChipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Itstoponym derives from the fact that it is between the valleys of the Coldron Brook and one of its tributaries.
TheHawk Stone, about 0.5 miles (800 m) north of Dean, is aNeolithicstanding stone. At a junction of two lanes in the centre of Dean is the base of a medievalpreaching cross.[1] Spelsburydown is a 17th-century house that was re-fronted in the 18th century.[2] It is of coursed squared limestone withashlar dressings and has aStonesfield slate roof.[2] About 1,200 yards (1,100 m) northeast of Spelsburydown is a six-bay barn built of coursed limestonerubble that dates from the late 17th or early 18th century.[3]
Dean Mill is awatermill on Coldron Brook. It was probably built in the 18th century and altered probably in the 20th century.[4] The building is of coursed rubble with a Stonesfield slate roof.[4] DeanManor House was built early in the 18th century, reputedly in 1702 forThomas Rowney, MP forOxford.[5] It is of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. Dean Manor Cottage is a small house built early in the 18th century.[6] It is of coursed rubble with a Stonesfield slate roof.[6] Pear Tree Cottage is a mid-18th-century small house built of coursed limestone rubble.[7]
Dean is the home ofPeter Gummer, Baron Chadlington[8] and the constituency home of the formerUK Prime MinisterDavid Cameron.[9] It was also the home of the family ofRonnie Barker.[10]
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