Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Denton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Denton

Historical Forms

Denton' 1122 Frid c.1425

Dinton, Dyntone 1285 Ass

Etymology

'tūnin a valley,' v. denu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site