Denton is a hamlet and

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in the county of

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, England. At the 2011 Census the population of this civil parish was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of

Middleton, Harrogate Middleton is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border with West Yorkshire and 1 mile north of the town centre of Ilkley, West Yorkshire and is continuous with the Middleton suburb of the town (t ...

. It is situated north-east of

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. Until 1974 it was part of the

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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the

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, it is now administered by the unitary

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. Denton Hall is located in the hamlet. The

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...

in the village is noted for some its windows which instead of stained glass, are panels where the artists have painted directly onto the glass. The name Denton comes from

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and means ''farmstead or village in a valley''.

Notable people

The area around Denton is notable as being the birthplace of several members of the Fairfax family; *

Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (c. 1560 – 1 May 1640) was an English army officer, diplomat and politician. Life Thomas Fairfax was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton, Yorkshire and Dorothy Gale, and was born at ...

(1560–1640), built the estate up at Denton * Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1584–1648) *

Thomas Fairfax Sir Thomas Fairfax (17 January 1612 – 12 November 1671) was an English army officer and politician who commanded the New Model Army from 1645 to 1650 during the English Civil War. Because of his dark hair, he was known as "Black Tom" to his l ...

(1612–1671)

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Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub

Notable people

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