Denton, North Yorkshire

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]

Denton
Denton Hall, once home of the Fairfax family
Denton Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE143489
Civil parish	Denton
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ILKLEY
Postcode district	LS29
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.936560°N 1.782830°W / 53.936560; -1.782830

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]

See also

• Listed buildings in Denton, North Yorkshire

References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231654.
2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
3. "Denton Hall, Denton, North Yorkshire | Educational Images | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
4. Kitchen, Ruby (6 September 2021). "The church built round[sic] a window". The Yorkshire Post. p. 3. ISSN 0963-1496.
5. 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.
6. 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.)
7. 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.)
8. 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.)

External links

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