DENTON, a parish partly in the hundred of KINGHAMFORD,
and partly in that of EASTRY, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE,
county of KENT, 9 miles (S.S.E.) from
Canterbury, containing 196 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury,
rated in the king's books at £5. 19. 4., and
in the patronage of Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is a small
edifice mostly in the early style of English architecture,
with an east window in the decorated style.