Dean or Over Dene is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Dean and Shelton, in the Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England.

It contained Lower Dean and Upper Dean.

[2] Dean was recorded in the Domesday Book as Dene.

[3] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Shelton to form "Dean and Shelton".

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