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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Denton like this:
DENTON, a township-chapelry in Otley parish, W. R. Yorkshire: on the river Wharfe, 4 miles NW of Otley r. station, and 7½ NE of Keighley. Post town, Otley. Acres, 3, 100. Real property, £2, 979. Pop., 170. Houses, 29. Denton Park was formerly the seat of the Fairfaxes; was the birth-place of Fairfax, the parliamentary general, and Fairfax, the translator of Tasso; and is now the seat of Sir J. T. S. Ibbetson, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £100.* Patron, M. Wyvill, jun., Esq.
Denton is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Denton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Denton, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12292
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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