Dean, East
DEAN, EAST, a chapelry, in the parish of Mottisfont, union of Romsey, hundred of Thorngate, Romsey and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 7¼ miles (N. W. by W.) from Romsey; containing 228 inhabitants. The Salisbury and Southampton canal passes through the chapelry. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge of £205, and the glebe contains 4 acres.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.