Denton, Kent

For Denton, Gravesend, see Gravesend, Kent.

Denton
The Jackdaw Inn, Denton
Denton is located in Kent
Denton
Denton
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTR2147
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCanterbury
Postcode districtCT4
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51°10′52″N 1°10′07″E / 51.1812°N 1.1686°E / 51.1812; 1.1686

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

  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.
  4. ^ Cox, J. Charles (1903), The Little Guides: Kent, p. 141. Revised by Ronald F. Jessop. Methuen & Co. Ltd.
  5. ^ "No. 28853". The London Gazette. 28 July 1914. p. 5866.

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