Denton

Other current and historical names

Dodintone

Built-Up Area: Denton
Parish/Community: Denton
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'50"N 0°46'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 483769, 258014
OS Grid: SP837580
Mapcode Local: GBR CY4.2T2
Mapcode Global: VHDS7.HMY3

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., in co. and 6 miles SE. of Northampton, 1970 ac., pop. 547.

Denton in the Domesday Book

A village in Wymersley hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey; Countess Judith (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 8 smallholders; 3 freemen; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Mills: 1, value £1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 6 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Winemar of Flanders (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld

British Place Names

Denton, Northamptonshire

Denton is a village in Denton , Northamptonshire

Denton in historic gazetteers

Denton in the Domesday Book