Denton (Gravesend), Kent
Historical Description
Denton, a parish in Kent, on the river Thames, and 1 mile from Gravesend station on the L.C. & D.R. and S.E.R. It is ecclesiastically annexed to Milton-next-Gravesend. The Port of London Sanitary Hospital for Seamen is in the parish. It is a large brick structure, and available for 40 patients. The Corporation of Gravesend Sanatorium was opened in 1887, and will bold 10 patients. In connection with it is a smallpox hospital with six beds. Acreage, 438 of land and 91 of water; population, 501. There is no church.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Denton St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Shamwell | |
| Lathe | Aylesford | |
| Poor Law union | North Aylesford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast have the following online for Denton, St Mary Magdalene: baptisms 1560-1912, marriages 1561-1924, burials 1589-1986
Churches
Church of England
St. Mary (parish church)
The church of St. Mary, for years in a ruinous condition, was in 1901 restored by the owner of Denton Court: it consists only of the east end of the nave and the chancel, the chancel arch and the eastern window of the chancel remained comparatively perfect.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Denton (Gravesend) from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Denton (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Denton (Gravesend) 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 Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.