Denton, Northamptonshire
| Denton | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 St Margaret's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP837579 |
| Location: | 52°12’49"N, -0°46’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 744 (2021) |
| Post town: | Northampton |
| Postcode: | NN7 |
| Dialling code: | 01604 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Northampton South |
| Website: | denton-village.com |
Denton is a small village in Northamptonshire, on the A428 road about six miles south-east of Northampton. It has a pub, the Red Lion, a village hall, a parish church and a primary school.
The villages name probably means, 'farm/settlement connected with Dod(d)a/Dud(d)a'.[1]
The 2021 Census recorded the parish population as 744.
Parish church
The parish church, St Margaret, has 13th-century origins but was mostly rebuilt 1827–8.[2]
The interior of the church is decorated with biblical murals by the Northampton artist, Henry Bird. Plans were made for the works in 1960 and they were painted from February 1975 until the summer of 1976. They are on 16 panels with 31 life-size figures, many based on local people.[3][4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Denton, Northamptonshire) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3
- ↑ Mayes, Ian (11 May 2000). "Henry Bird". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/11/guardianobituaries.ianmayes.
- ↑ Denton: a set of photographs by Jenny Thorpe with text