Denton, Kent

Denton
Denton
	The Jackdaw Inn, Denton
	Denton Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TR2147
Civil parish	Denton with Wootton;
District	Dover;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Canterbury
Postcode district	CT4
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
	List of places UK England Kent 51°10′52″N 1°10′07″E / 51.1812°N 1.1686°E

Denton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton with Wootton, in the Dover district of Kent, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 137.^[1] On 1 April 1961 the parish was abolished and merged with Wootton to form "Denton with Wootton".^[2]

The village is 7 miles (11 km) northwest from the channel port of Dover, and 30 miles (48 km) east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The A260 Barham to Folkestone road runs through the village, and the major A2 London to Dover road is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east. Wootton, the other parish village, is 1 mile to the southeast.

To the southwest of the village is the Grade II* listed Jacobean timber framed Tappington (or Tappington-Everard) Hall which dates to the 16th century. The house is where the cleric Richard Barham (1788–1845), under the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, wrote The Ingoldsby Legends.^[3]^[4]

Field Marshal Lord Kitchener was created Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, on 27 July 1914.^[5]

References

^ "Population statistics Denton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Denton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^ Historic England. "Tappington Hall (1070011)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^ Cox, J. Charles (1903), The Little Guides: Kent, p. 141. Revised by Ronald F. Jessop. Methuen & Co. Ltd.
^ "No. 28853". The London Gazette. 28 July 1914. p. 5866.

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[1] "Population statistics Denton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

[2] "Relationships and changes Denton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

[3] Historic England. "Tappington Hall (1070011)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[Cox-4] Cox, J. Charles (1903), The Little Guides: Kent, p. 141. Revised by Ronald F. Jessop. Methuen & Co. Ltd.

[Earl_Kitchener-5] "No. 28853". The London Gazette. 28 July 1914. p. 5866.

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v t e Settlements in the Dover District of Kent
	Towns	Deal Dover Sandwich Walmer
	Villages and hamlets	Alkham Ash Ashley Aycliff Aylesham Barfrestone Barnsole Betteshanger Buckland Buttsole Capel-le-Ferne Chillenden Church Whitfield Coldred Coombe Denton Drellingore East Langdon Eastry East Studdal Elmstone Elvington Ewell Minnis Eythorne Farthingloe Finglesham Frogham Goodnestone Great Mongeham Little Mongeham Guston Hacklinge Ham Hoaden Hougham Kearsney Kingsdown Knowlton Langdon Lydden Marley Marshborough Martin Martin Mill Maxton Nonington Northbourne Preston-next-Wingham Richborough Ringwould Ripple River Shepherdswell Sholden Snowdown St Margaret's at Cliffe Staple Stourmouth Sutton Swingate Temple Ewell Tilmanstone Waldershare Ware West Langdon West Studdal West Cliffe Westmarsh Whitfield Wingham Woodnesborough Wootton Worth
	Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Kent
List of places in Kent