diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
index 0047fb1606..ec6a70303a 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ forAll(fluidRegions, i)
                 IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
                 IOobject::NO_WRITE
             ),
-            dimensionedScalar("hRef", dimLength, Zero) // uses name
+            dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimLength, Zero)
         )
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
index 00e0f30b23..e7ca574f70 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ forAll(fluidRegions, i)
                 IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
                 IOobject::NO_WRITE
             ),
-            dimensionedScalar("hRef", dimLength, Zero)
+            dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimLength, Zero)
         )
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H
index 99aaa1a674..0052d46536 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ forAll(cumulativeContErrIO, i)
                 "cumulativeContErr",
                 runTime.timeName(),
                 "uniform",
-                mesh,
+                mesh.thisDb(),
                 IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
                 IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
             ),
-            dimensionedScalar(dimless, Zero)
+            dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimless, Zero)
         )
     );
 }
diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
index 826e27720e..2dfd1d3146 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/createFluidFields.H
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ forAll(fluidRegions, i)
                 IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
                 IOobject::NO_WRITE
             ),
-            dimensionedScalar("hRef", dimLength, Zero) // uses name
+            dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimLength, Zero)
         )
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H
index 99aaa1a674..0052d46536 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionFoam/fluid/initContinuityErrs.H
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ forAll(cumulativeContErrIO, i)
                 "cumulativeContErr",
                 runTime.timeName(),
                 "uniform",
-                mesh,
+                mesh.thisDb(),
                 IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
                 IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
             ),
-            dimensionedScalar(dimless, Zero)
+            dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimless, Zero)
         )
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.C b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.C
index 5b6b012776..9a6ef06d7a 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.C
@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ Foam::UniformDimensionedField<Type>::UniformDimensionedField
 }
 
 
+template<class Type>
+Foam::UniformDimensionedField<Type>::UniformDimensionedField
+(
+    const IOobject& io,
+    const Type& val,
+    const dimensionSet& dims
+)
+:
+    regIOobject(io),
+    dimensioned<Type>(regIOobject::name(), dims, val)
+{
+    // Read value
+    readHeaderOk(IOstreamOption::BINARY, typeName);
+}
+
+
 template<class Type>
 Foam::UniformDimensionedField<Type>::UniformDimensionedField
 (
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.H b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.H
index 6523b551dd..0bd5ff35d3 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/UniformDimensionedField.H
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
 
         //- Construct from components. Either reads or uses supplied value.
         //  The name of the IOobject defines the name of the field.
+        //  Parameter ordering as per dimensioned\<Type\>
         UniformDimensionedField
         (
             const IOobject& io,
@@ -86,6 +87,16 @@ public:
             const Type& val
         );
 
+        //- Construct from components. Either reads or uses supplied value.
+        //  The name of the IOobject defines the name of the field.
+        //  Parameter ordering as per DimensionedField\<Type\>
+        UniformDimensionedField
+        (
+            const IOobject& io,
+            const Type& val,
+            const dimensionSet& dims
+        );
+
         //- Construct as copy
         UniformDimensionedField(const UniformDimensionedField<Type>&);
 
@@ -99,17 +110,16 @@ public:
 
     // Member Functions
 
-        //- Name function provided to resolve the ambiguity between the
-        //- name functions in regIOobject and dimensioned<Type>
+        //- Use name from dimensioned\<Type\>, not from regIOobject
         virtual const word& name() const
         {
             return dimensioned<Type>::name();
         }
 
-        //- ReadData function required for regIOobject read operation
+        //- The readData method required for regIOobject read operation
         virtual bool readData(Istream&);
 
-        //- WriteData function required for regIOobject write operation
+        //- The writeData method required for regIOobject write operation
         bool writeData(Ostream&) const;
 
         //- Is object global
@@ -128,10 +138,10 @@ public:
 
     // Member Operators
 
-        //- Assign name, dimensions and value.
+        //- Assign name, dimensions and value of the dimensioned\<Type\>
         void operator=(const UniformDimensionedField<Type>& rhs);
 
-        //- Assign name, dimensions and value.
+        //- Assign name, dimensions and value to the dimensioned\<Type\>
         void operator=(const dimensioned<Type>& rhs);
 
         //- Return value
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFields.C b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFields.C
index 0e5c109484..3375fff3f5 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFields.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFields.C
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    Copyright (C) 2023 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ namespace Foam
 
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Data Members * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
+defineTemplateTypeNameAndDebug(uniformDimensionedLabelField, 0);
 defineTemplateTypeNameAndDebug(uniformDimensionedScalarField, 0);
 defineTemplateTypeNameAndDebug(uniformDimensionedVectorField, 0);
 defineTemplateTypeNameAndDebug(uniformDimensionedSphericalTensorField, 0);
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFieldsFwd.H b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFieldsFwd.H
index ebbb87dc61..13b8d8c76f 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFieldsFwd.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/fields/UniformDimensionedFields/uniformDimensionedFieldsFwd.H
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     \\  /    A nd           | www.openfoam.com
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    Copyright (C) 2022 OpenCFD Ltd.
+    Copyright (C) 2022-2023 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ template<class Type> class UniformDimensionedField;
 
 // Typedefs
 
+typedef
+    UniformDimensionedField<label>
+    uniformDimensionedLabelField;
+
 typedef
     UniformDimensionedField<scalar>
     uniformDimensionedScalarField;
@@ -71,6 +75,11 @@ typedef
 
 // Global file status
 
+template<>
+inline bool typeGlobal<uniformDimensionedLabelField>()
+{
+    return true;
+}
 template<>
 inline bool typeGlobal<uniformDimensionedScalarField>()
 {
diff --git a/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/hexRef8/hexRef8Data.C b/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/hexRef8/hexRef8Data.C
index ddd823ab10..38bba1898b 100644
--- a/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/hexRef8/hexRef8Data.C
+++ b/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/hexRef8/hexRef8Data.C
@@ -271,11 +271,7 @@ void Foam::hexRef8Data::sync(const IOobject& io)
             rio.readOpt(IOobject::NO_READ);
             level0EdgePtr_.reset
             (
-                new uniformDimensionedScalarField
-                (
-                    rio,
-                    dimensionedScalar(rio.name(), dimLength, masterLen)
-                )
+                new uniformDimensionedScalarField(rio, dimLength, masterLen)
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/initContinuityErrs.H b/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/initContinuityErrs.H
index 55e07915f4..3a823d35f1 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/initContinuityErrs.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/initContinuityErrs.H
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ uniformDimensionedScalarField cumulativeContErrIO
         "cumulativeContErr",
         runTime.timeName(),
         "uniform",
-        mesh,
+        mesh.thisDb(),
         IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
         IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
     ),
-    dimensionedScalar(dimless, Zero)
+    dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimless, Zero)
 );
 scalar& cumulativeContErr = cumulativeContErrIO.value();
 
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readhRef.H b/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readhRef.H
index e938cc8cc9..6cca2d2ded 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readhRef.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readhRef.H
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
         (
             "hRef",
             runTime.constant(),
-            mesh,
+            mesh.thisDb(),
             IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
             IOobject::NO_WRITE
         ),
-        dimensionedScalar(dimLength, Zero)
+        dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimLength, Zero)
     );
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readpRef.H b/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readpRef.H
index 29aa46ac83..88c08fd075 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readpRef.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/cfdTools/general/include/readpRef.H
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
         (
             "pRef",
             runTime.constant(),
-            mesh,
+            mesh.thisDb(),
             IOobject::READ_IF_PRESENT,
             IOobject::NO_WRITE
         ),
-        dimensionedScalar(dimPressure, Zero)
+        dimensionedScalar(word::null, dimPressure, Zero)
     );
diff --git a/src/meshTools/mappedPatches/mappedPolyPatch/mappedPatchBaseI.H b/src/meshTools/mappedPatches/mappedPolyPatch/mappedPatchBaseI.H
index f84ed8e4b6..88551e4a90 100644
--- a/src/meshTools/mappedPatches/mappedPolyPatch/mappedPatchBaseI.H
+++ b/src/meshTools/mappedPatches/mappedPolyPatch/mappedPatchBaseI.H
@@ -203,19 +203,21 @@ Foam::mappedPatchBase::updateSampleMeshTime() const
     {
         const auto& mesh = sampleMesh();
 
-        updateSampleMeshTimePtr_ =
-            autoPtr<uniformDimensionedScalarField>::New
+        updateSampleMeshTimePtr_.reset
+        (
+            new uniformDimensionedScalarField
             (
                 IOobject
                 (
                     "updateSampleMeshTime",
                     mesh.pointsInstance(),
-                    mesh,
+                    mesh.thisDb(),
                     IOobject::NO_READ,
                     IOobject::NO_WRITE,
                     IOobject::NO_REGISTER
                 )
-            );
+            )
+        );
     }
 
     return updateSampleMeshTimePtr_();
@@ -229,19 +231,21 @@ Foam::mappedPatchBase::updateMeshTime() const
     {
         const auto& mesh = patch_.boundaryMesh().mesh();
 
-        updateMeshTimePtr_ =
-            autoPtr<uniformDimensionedScalarField>::New
+        updateMeshTimePtr_.reset
+        (
+            new uniformDimensionedScalarField
             (
                 IOobject
                 (
                     "updateMeshTime",
                     mesh.pointsInstance(),
-                    mesh,
+                    mesh.thisDb(),
                     IOobject::NO_READ,
                     IOobject::NO_WRITE,
                     IOobject::NO_REGISTER
                 )
-            );
+            )
+        );
     }
 
     return updateMeshTimePtr_();