Denton, Kent

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Denton
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51°10′52″N1°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]

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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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