Denton, Huntingdonshire
| Denton | |
| Huntingdonshire | |
|---|---|
 Hay making at Denton Farm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL150880 |
| Location: | 52°28’40"N, 0°18’30"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Peterborough |
| Postcode: | PE7 |
| Dialling code: | 01733 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Huntingdonshire |
Denton is a tiny village in Huntingdonshire, sharing a civil parish (Denton and Caldecote) with its smaller neighbour to the north and with the abandoned village of Washingley. Denton is but a hamlet, with approximately 12 houses; a peaceful place surrounded by farmland.
Denton was the birthplace of the noted scholar Sir Robert Cotton, latterly of Conington, Huntingdonshire, whose library exceeded those of the great and good and collected many ancient documents of the first importance which might otherwise have been list. The building in which he was born has now gone and the 17th Century village church is also a ruin.