Denton, North Yorkshire

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.

Denton
Denton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE143489
Civil parish
  • Denton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townILKLEY
Postcode districtLS29
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

The name Denton comes from Old English and means farmstead or village in a valley.[3]

Denton Hall, once home 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. 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.

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