▁to ▁the ▁town ' s ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁the ▁water ▁of ▁the ▁River ▁Cal der . ▁ ▁Histor ically ▁other ▁orig ins ▁were ▁proposed , ▁such ▁as ▁" G od ' s ▁fort ", ▁from ▁Wel sh ▁Du w , ▁" G od ". ▁" Ant iqu ari ans ▁supposed ▁the ▁name , ▁D ew s bury , ▁to ▁be ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁plan ter ▁of ▁the ▁village , ▁D ui ▁or ▁D ew , ▁who ▁… ▁had ▁fixed ▁his ▁ab ode ▁and ▁fort ified ▁his ▁" B ury ". ▁Another ▁conject ure ▁holds , ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁name ▁is ▁D ew s borough , ▁or ▁God ' s ▁Town " ▁( 1 8 3 7 ) ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁In ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁times , ▁D ew s bury ▁was ▁a ▁centre ▁of ▁considerable ▁importance . ▁The ▁ecc les iast ical ▁parish ▁of ▁D ew s bury ▁en comp ass ed ▁Hud ders field , ▁Mir field ▁and ▁Brad ford . ▁An cient ▁legend ▁records ▁that ▁in ▁ 6 2 7 ▁Paul inus , ▁the ▁Bishop ▁of ▁York , ▁pre ached ▁here ▁on ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁River ▁Cal der . ▁N umer ous ▁Ang li an ▁gra ves ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁D ew s bury ▁and ▁Th orn hill . ▁ ▁D ew s bury ▁Min ster ▁lies ▁near ▁the ▁River ▁Cal der , ▁tradition ally ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁where ▁Paul inus ▁pre ached . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁visible ▁stone work ▁in ▁the ▁nave ▁is ▁Sax