Denton

Other current and historical names

Dentuna

Parish/Community: Denton
District/Borough: South Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°26'45"N 1°21'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 627963, 288418
OS Grid: TM279884
Mapcode Local: GBR WKZ.LWN
Mapcode Global: VHL8Z.DSN6

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Denton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Denton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Denton, par., S. Norfolk, 3½ milesSW. of Bungay, 2437 ac., pop. 484; P.O.; contains Denton House.

Denton in the Domesday Book

A village in Earsham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Archbishop Stigand
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thormoth; Aelfric Blaec
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 14 smallholders; 4 freemen; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 8 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 60 pigs
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Households: 12 freemen
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Denton, Norfolk

Denton is a hamlet in Norfolk

Denton in historic gazetteers

Denton in the Domesday Book