Denton is a town in
Tameside
The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Aud ...
,
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...
, England. The town and the township of
Haughton contain 18
listed buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Denton was a scattered rural community until coal mining started in the late 18th century, and in the 19th century it became a centre for the hatting industry. The earliest listed buildings are a church and a
mounting block A mounting block, horse block, carriage stone, or in Scots a loupin'-on stane is an assistance for mounting and dismounting a horse or cart.
Usage and locations
Mounting blocks were especially useful for women riding sidesaddle or pillion, that ...
in the churchyard, a house with associated farm buildings, and a farmhouse. The buildings from the 19th century include houses, a workshop, churches and associated structures, a bandstand, and a war memorial.
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