Upper Dean is a village located in the

Borough of Bedford The Borough of Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based in Bedford, its namesake and principal settlement, which is the county town of Bedfordshire. The borou ...

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ...

, England.

Description

The village forms part of the

Dean and Shelton Dean and Shelton is a civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire, England. The two parishes of Dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean ...

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, and is close to the settlements of

Melchbourne Melchbourne is a small village located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The village is located west of Swineshead and east of Yielden. Melchbourne forms part of the Melchbourne and Yielden civil parish. Melchbourne Precept ...

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 Ofsted 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