Denston
DENSTON, a township, in the parish of Alveton, union of Cheadle, S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford, 5½ miles (N.) from Uttoxeter; containing 231 inhabitants. It lies on the road from Uttoxeter to Ashbourn, and comprises 667 acres. The Uttoxeter canal also passes through. At Stubwood, in the township, is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.