Denton, Kent
| Denton | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 The Jackdaw Inn, Denton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TR215472 |
| Location: | 51°10’52"N, 1°10’7"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Canterbury |
| Postcode: | CT4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dover |
Denton is a village in south-eastern Kent. In 1961 the parish had a population of 137.[1]
The village is seven miles north-west of the channel port of Dover. The A260 Barham to Folkestone road runs through the village, and the major A2 London to Dover road is a mile to the east. Wootton, the other parish village, is a mile to the south-east.
To the south-west of the village is the Grade II* listed Jacobean timber framed Tappington (or Tappington-Everard) Hall which dates to the 16th century. The house is where the cleric Richard Barham (1788–1845), under the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, wrote The Ingoldsby Legends.[2][3]
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener was created Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, on 27 July 1914.
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References
- ↑ "Population statistics Denton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10211153/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1070011: Tappington Hall (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ John Charles Cox|Cox, J. Charles (1903), The Little Guides: Kent, p. 141. Revised by Ronald F. Jessop. Methuen & Co. Ltd.