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 801 BCS302 14th

Denton by Bisshopeston 1318 FF

Dem(p)ton 1296 SR

Etymology

'Valley-farm,' v. denu , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Denton Hill