Upper Dean is a village located in the

Borough of Bedford Bedford, or the Borough of Bedford, is a Districts of England, local government district with borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It is administered by Bedford Borough Council, ...

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...

, England.

Description

The village forms part of the

Dean and Shelton Dean and Shelton is a civil parish in the Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire t ...

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, and is close to the settlements of

Melchbourne Melchbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Melchbourne and Yielden, in the Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 160. On 1 April 1934 the parish w ...

and Swineshead. Upper Dean is the location of All Saints Church, which has been a Grade I listed building since 1964. It dates mainly from the 15th century and "escaped" Victorian restoration. Eileen Wade Primary School, which opened in 1877 and moved to new premises in 1973, has 70 pupils. It is federated with nearby Milton Ernest Primary School. It received a positive assessment after a short

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inspection on 17 June 2016.

Famous person

The scholar and Bible translator Francis Dillingham (died 1625) was born here, perhaps in the early 1570s.Wright, Stephen
"Dillingham, Francis (d. 1625)"
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004.

References

Villages in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford {{Bedfordshire-geo-stub