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Denton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.[1][2] At the 2011 Census the population of this civil parish was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Middleton, Harrogate. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Denton Hall is located in the hamlet.[3] The church in the village is noted for some its windows which instead of stained glass, are panels where the artists have painted directly onto the glass.[4]

Denton

Denton Hall, once home of the Fairfax family
Denton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE143489
Civil parish
  • Denton
District
Shire county
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townILKLEY
Postcode districtLS29
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53.936560°N 1.782830°W / 53.936560; -1.782830

The name Denton comes from Old English and means farmstead or village in a valley.[5]


Notable people


The area around Denton is notable as being the birthplace of several members of the Fairfax family;


References


  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231654.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. "Denton Hall, Denton, North Yorkshire | Educational Images | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. Kitchen, Ruby (6 September 2021). "The church built round[sic] a window". The Yorkshire Post. p. 3. ISSN 0963-1496.
  5. Mills, A. D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780199609086.
  6. Binns, Jack. "Fairfax, Thomas, first Lord Fairfax of Cameron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9091. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. Hopper, Andrew J. "Fairfax, Ferdinando, second Lord Fairfax of Cameron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9081. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. Gentles, Ian J. "Fairfax, Thomas, third Lord Fairfax of Cameron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9092. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)


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