A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
DENTON, a township-chapelry in Otley parish, W. R. Yorkshire: on the river Wharfe, 4 miles NW of Otley r. station, and 7½ NE of Keighley. Post town, Otley. Acres, 3, 100. Real property, £2, 979. Pop., 170. Houses, 29. Denton Park was formerly the seat of the Fairfaxes; was the birth-place of Fairfax, the parliamentary general, and Fairfax, the translator of Tasso; and is now the seat of Sir J. T. S. Ibbetson, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £100.* Patron, M. Wyvill, jun., Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Denton CP/Ch Otley AP/CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Denton |
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