Denton, Durham
Historical Description
Denton, a village and a township, forming a parish with Houghton-le-Side, in Durham, on a branch of the river Skerne, 1¼ mile N of Pierce Bridge station on the N.E.R., and 5 NW by W of Darlington. Post town, Conniscliffe, under Darlington. Acreage, 987; population, 114. Lord Barnard is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham; net value, £110 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Gainsford. The church is good, and was rebuilt in 1890.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Civil parish | Gainford | |
Poor Law union | Darlington | |
Ward | Darlington |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Denton from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Denton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online: