| Denton | |
|---|---|
 The Jackdaw Inn, Denton | |
  Denton Location within Kent | |
| OS grid reference | TR2147 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Canterbury |
| Postcode district | CT4 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
Denton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton with Wootton, in the Dover district of Kent, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 137.[1] On 1 April 1961 the parish was abolished and merged with Wootton to form "Denton with Wootton".[2]
The village is 7 miles (11 km) northwest from the channel port of Dover, and 30 miles (48 km) east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The A260 Barham to Folkestone road runs through the village, and the major A2 London to Dover road is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east. Wootton, the other parish village, is 1 mile to the southeast.
To the southwest of the village is the Grade II* listed Jacobean timber framed Tappington (or Tappington-Everard) Hall which dates to the 16th century. The house is where the cleric Richard Barham (1788–1845), under the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, wrote The Ingoldsby Legends.[3][4]
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener was created Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent, on 27 July 1914.[5]
