DENTON, a chapelry in that part of the parish of
GAINFORD which is in the south-eastern division of
DARLINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 5 miles
(N.W.) from Darlington, containing 125 inhabitants.
The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt about
1810. Denton, now a small village, was anciently a considerable
town, vestiges of which are still discernible; it
is said to have been burnt by Malcolm, King of Scotland,
on his advance to Cleveland.