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DENTON, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; on the river Waveney and the Waveney Valley railway, near Homersfield r. station, and 3¾ miles SW of Bungay. It has a post office under Harleston. Acres, 2, 437. Real property, £4, 668. Pop., 518. Houses, 113. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £813.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is very good; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £29.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Denton Parish Depwade Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Denton |
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