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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nether Denton like this:
DENTON (Nether), a parish in Brampton district, Cumberland; on the Roman wall, the river Irthing, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, at the boundary with Northumberland, near Low Row r. station, and 5 miles NE by E of Brampton. Post town, Low Row, under Carlisle. Acres, 4, 530. Real property, £3, 552. Pop., 302. Houses, 63. The property is much subdivided. The rocks include limestone and building-stone. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £196.* Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is tolerable.
Nether Denton is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nether Denton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nether Denton in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5874
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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