Denton, Northamptonshire

Denton is a small village and civil parish on the A428 road about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Northampton. It has a pub, the Red Lion, a village hall, a Church of England parish church and a primary school.

Denton
St Margaret's parish church
Denton is located in Northamptonshire
Denton
Denton
Location within Northamptonshire
Population767 (2001 Census)[1]
739 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP8357
• London63 miles (101 km)
Civil parish
  • Denton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN7
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteDenton Village Northampton

The villages name probably means, 'farm/settlement connected with Dod(d)a/Dud(d)a'.[2]

The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 767,[1] decreasing to 739 at the 2011 census before increasing to 744 in the 2021 census.[3]

Parish church
Conversion of St Paul, a mural by Henry Bird in St Margaret's Church

The Church of England parish church of St Margaret has 13th-century origins but was mostly rebuilt 1827–8.[4]

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.[5][6]

References
  1. "Denton CP: Parish headcounts". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  2. "Key to English Place-names".
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1973) [First published 1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England (revised ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
  5. Mayes, Ian (11 May 2000). "Henry Bird". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  6. Denton: a set of photographs by Jenny Thorpe with text

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