Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DENTON

DENTON, a parish in North Aylesford district, Kent; on the river Thames and the North Kent railway, 2 miles E of Gravesend. Post town, Chalk, under Gravesend. Acres, 1, 320; of which 130 are water. Pop., 101. Houses, 23. There is no church.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Denton Parish       Strood Poor Law Union/Registration District       Kent Ancient County
Place: Denton

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