Denton, North Yorkshire

Hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Denton

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townILKLEYPostcode districtLS29PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°56′12″N 1°46′58″W / 53.936560°N 1.782830°W / 53.936560; -1.782830

Denton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.^[1]^[2] At the 2011 Census the population of this civil parish was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Middleton, Harrogate. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Denton Hall is located in the hamlet.^[3] The church in the village is noted for some its windows which instead of stained glass, are panels where the artists have painted directly onto the glass.^[4]

The name Denton comes from Old English and means farmstead or village in a valley.^[5]

Notable people

The area around Denton is notable as being the birthplace of several members of the Fairfax family;

Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1560–1640), built the estate up at Denton^[6]
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1584–1648)^[7]
Thomas Fairfax (1612–1671)^[8]

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231654.
^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ "Denton Hall, Denton, North Yorkshire | Educational Images | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ Kitchen, Ruby (6 September 2021). "The church built round[sic] a window". The Yorkshire Post. p. 3. ISSN 0963-1496.
^ Mills, A. D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780199609086.
^ Binns, Jack. "Fairfax, Thomas, first Lord Fairfax of Cameron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9091. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Hopper, Andrew J. "Fairfax, Ferdinando, second Lord Fairfax of Cameron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9081. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Gentles, Ian J. "Fairfax, Thomas, third Lord Fairfax of Cameron". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9092. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)