The parish is in the Upper Avon valley, with the toponym is derived from the Old English " Deor ingtkn ", meaning'farm or settlement connected with Deor', Deor being a personal name.
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Ten years after the re-opening, the Queen Mother performed the same ceremony for the Upper Avon Navigation, which had been derelict for more than a century, and the canal became part of a through route to the River Severn once more.
