Nether Denton is a scattered settlement and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in rural
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...
, England, situated about north-east of
Carlisle, by the
A69 road. The population of the parish taken at the
2011 census was 415. Nether Denton is a couple of miles south-west of the village of
Upper Denton. The parish contains the village of Low Row.
St Cuthbert's Church at Nether Denton is built at the site of a Roman fort, around south of Hadrian's Wall on the
Stanegate
The Stanegate (meaning "stone road" in Northumbrian dialect) was an important Roman road built in what is now northern England. It linked many forts including two that guarded important river crossings: Corstopitum (Corbridge) on the River Ty ...
road. The present building dates from 1868 to 1870, but there has been a church on the site since the 12th century. Denton Hall, now a farmhouse, comprises a 14th-century
pele tower
Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. They were free-standing ...
, gabled and reduced in height, adjoining a house of 1829. The walls of the tower are 2m thick.
Denton Hall at Pastscape
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See also
* Listed buildings in Nether Denton
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Nether Denton
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Roman sites in Cumbria
Villages in Cumbria
City of Carlisle
Roman auxiliary forts in England
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