25-635: Denton may refer to: Places [ edit ] In England [ edit ] Denton, Cambridgeshire , part of Denton and Caldecote Denton, County Durham Denton, East Sussex Denton, Gravesham , part of the town of Gravesend , Kent Denton, Greater Manchester Denton, Kent , a village near Canterbury Denton, Lincolnshire Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne Denton, Norfolk Denton, Northamptonshire , South Northamptonshire Denton, North Yorkshire Denton, Oxfordshire Denton Holme , Cumbria Upper Denton , Carlisle, Cumbria In
50-552: A historic county of England. Denton has approximately 12 houses. In 1931 the parish had a population of 76. All Saints' Church in Denton, substantially rebuilt 1629–1671, but with 12th- and 13th-century elements, was abandoned in the early 1960s and is currently in a ruinous state. It is largely the result of rebuilding campaigns of 1629 and 1665 by the antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (1571-1631) and his grandson, Sir John Cotton, 3rd Baronet (1621-1702). However,
75-459: Is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge. The county council provides county-wide services such as major road infrastructure, fire and rescue, education, social services, libraries and heritage services. Cambridgeshire County Council consists of 69 councillors representing 60 electoral divisions . Denton is part of the electoral division of Norman Cross and
100-564: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Denton, Cambridgeshire Denton is a hamlet and former civil parish , now in the parish of Denton and Caldecote , in Cambridgeshire , England. Denton lies approximately 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Huntingdon . Denton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being
125-406: Is no consensus about the average size of a household at that time; estimates range from 3.5 to 5.0 people per household. Using these figures then an estimate of the population of Denton in 1086 is that it was within the range of 45 and 65 people. The Domesday Book uses a number of units of measure for areas of land that are now unfamiliar terms, such as hides and ploughlands . In different parts of
150-450: Is represented on the county council by two councillors. Denton is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire . Denton is represented in the House of Commons by Shailesh Vara ( Conservative ). The previous member of parliament was Brian Mawhinney (Conservative) who represented the constituency between 1997 and 2005. In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Denton
175-564: Is the setting for the English TV series A Touch of Frost and the Frost novels of R. D. Wingfield The fictional town which was the setting for The Rocky Horror Picture Show and its sequel Shock Treatment Denton, a town in the 2016 film In a Valley of Violence People [ edit ] Denton (surname) Denton Cooley (1920–2016), American heart surgeon Dainton Connell (1961–2007), Arsenal hooligan leader, assistant to
200-573: The Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Dentone in the Domesday Book. In 1086 there was just one manor at Denton; the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor in 1066 had been £5 and the rent had fallen to £4 in 1086. The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there was 13 households at Denton. There
225-401: The council tax , and provides services such as building regulations, local planning, environmental health, leisure and tourism. Denton is a part of the district ward of Stilton and is represented on the district council by one councillor. District councillors serve for four-year terms following elections to Huntingdonshire District Council . For Denton the highest tier of local government
250-541: The obelisk would be slid along horizontally right into the ship's interior. Cannonballs were used as bearings to move the obelisk inside. Thus loaded and the bow planks replaced, she left on 12 June 1880 for the United States. During the voyage her propeller shaft broke and was replaced using a spare while she was under sail power 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from shore. (The obelisk in London also called Cleopatra's Needle
275-474: The 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book . Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors ; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value. Denton was listed in the Domesday Book in
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#1732845391190300-763: The Pet Shop Boys Denton D. Lake (1887–1941), New York politician Denton True "Cy" Young (1867–1955), American baseball pitcher Denton Welch (1915–1948), English author and painter Other [ edit ] Baron Denton , subsidiary title of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Denton Hall, Wharfedale , Yorkshire, country house Denton Manor , country house in Denton, Lincolnshire Denton (talk show) , Australian late night talk show (1994-1995), hosted by Andrew Denton . Denton House (disambiguation) ,
325-485: The United States [ edit ] Denton, Georgia Denton, Kansas Denton, Kentucky Denton, Maryland Denton Township, Michigan Denton, Johnson County, Missouri Denton, Pemiscot County, Missouri Denton, Montana Denton, Nebraska Denton, North Carolina Denton, Texas , in Denton County Denton County, Texas Fictional places [ edit ] Denton
350-515: The arable land, there was 24 acres (10 hectares) of meadows and 24 acres (10 hectares) of woodland at Denton. The tax assessment in the Domesday Book was known as geld or danegeld and was a type of land-tax based on the hide or ploughland. It was originally a way of collecting a tribute to pay off the Danes when they attacked England, and was only levied when necessary. Following the Norman Conquest,
375-498: The country, these were terms for the area of land that a team of eight oxen could plough in a single season and are equivalent to 120 acres (49 hectares); this was the amount of land that was considered to be sufficient to support a single family. By 1086, the hide had become a unit of tax assessment rather than an actual land area; a hide was the amount of land that could be assessed as £1 for tax purposes. The survey records that there were six ploughlands at Denton in 1086. In addition to
400-460: The geld was used to raise money for the King and to pay for continental wars; by 1130, the geld was being collected annually. Having determined the value of a manor's land and other assets, a tax of so many shillings and pence per pound of value would be levied on the land holder. While this was typically two shillings in the pound the amount did vary; for example, in 1084 it was as high as six shillings in
425-423: The name of two historic houses Dr. Denton , an American brand of blanket sleepers SS Dessoug , a ship built in 1864 originally named Denton See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Denton All pages with titles containing Denton Danton (name) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
450-414: The pound. For the manor at Denton the total tax assessed was five geld. By 1086 there was already a church and a priest at Denton. Denton is part of the civil parish of 'Denton and Caldecote'. The parish does not have a parish council but instead holds an annual parish meeting . On 1 April 1935 the parish of Denton was abolished to form Denton and Caldecote with Caldecote, Huntingdonshire . Denton
475-534: The purpose of transporting the Cleopatra's Needle Obelisk from Egypt to New York City. Realizing that lifting a roughly 200-ton stone up and placing it down into the cargo hold was beyond the technology of the day (and placing it as top-heavy deck cargo would capsize the ship), Gorringe devised a novel loading method. He had the ship moved to a sturdy dry dock . Then, he had a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) by 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) hole cut in her starboard bow – and
500-539: The purpose of transporting the Cleopatra's Needle Obelisk from Egypt to New York City. She was sold to Ocean Steam Company in 1880 and renamed Dessoug . She served between New York and Savannah for her final years. In 1896 she sailed to Cow Bay, Long Island and was broken up for scrap. Denton was built in Hartlepool England in 1864 for the Khedive of Egypt . She was selected by Henry Honychurch Gorringe for
525-555: The roofless church and tower remain Grade II listed and occasional services and events are held within. In 2024, the Diocese of Ely has plans for conversion to a house. In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since
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575-705: Was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough . Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972 , Denton became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. The second tier of local government is Huntingdonshire District Council which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and has its headquarters in Huntingdon. Huntingdonshire District Council has 52 councillors representing 29 district wards . Huntingdonshire District Council collects
600-464: Was merged with the neighbouring parish of Caldecote between 1931 and 1951. At the 2011 Census population figures were included in the civil parish of Yaxley . [REDACTED] Media related to Denton, Cambridgeshire at Wikimedia Commons SS Dessoug SS Dessoug was a 1,367 GRT wooden cargo ship which was built in 1864 for the Khedive of Egypt as Denton . She was noteworthy for being selected by Henry Honychurch Gorringe for
625-527: Was recorded every ten years by the UK census . During this time the population was in the range of 60 (the lowest was in 1891) and 97 (the highest was in 1841). From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War ). All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight . The parish of Denton
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