DENTON, a parish in the hundred of WYMERSLEY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from
Northampton, containing 475 inhabitants. The living,
which may be considered a joint rectory, is divided between
the rectors of Whiston and Yardley-Hastings, who
perform single duty every alternate year; it is in the
archdeaconry of Northampton and diocese of Peterborough.
There are two farms in the parish, one of
which, containing about one hundred and forty acres
was given to the rector of Whiston, and the other,
comprising about sixty-four acres, was given to the
rector of Yardley-Hastings. The church, dedicated to St.
Margaret, has received an addition of one hundred and
sixty sittings, of which one hundred and fifty-two are
free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of
churches and chapels having granted £ 100 toward defraying
the expense. Children of this parish are admitted
into the free school at Yardley-Hastings.