Denton, Northamptonshire
Coordinates: 52°12′34″N 0°46′46″W / 52.2094°N 0.7794°W
| Denton | |
 St Margaret's church |
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 Denton
Denton shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Population | 767 (2001 Census)[1] 779 (2010 est)[2]) |
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| OS grid reference | SP8357 |
| - London | 63 miles (101 km) |
| District | South Northamptonshire |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN7 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Northampton South |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
Denton is a small village and civil parish on the A428 Bedford road about 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Northampton. It has a pub, the Red Lion, a village hall, a Parish Church, St Margaret's, and a primary school.
At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population was 767 people.[1]
[edit] St Margaret's Church
The church has 13th century origins but mostly rebuilt 1827-8[3].
The interior of the church was decorated with biblical murals by the Northampton artist, Henry Bird. Plans were made for the works in 1960 and work on them took place from February 1975 to the summer of 1976. They are on 16 panels with 31 life-size figures, many based on local people[4][5].
[edit] References
- ^ a b Office for National Statistics: Denton CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 8 November 2009
- ^ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester NN12 7FA. pp. 39.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ^ Obituary in the Guardian 11 May 2000, accessed 1 January 2011
- ^ Denton: a set of photographs by Jenny Thorpe with text
[edit] External links
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