DENTON, a parish in the hundred of EARSHAM,
county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (N.E.) from Harleston,
containing 601 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich,
rated in the king's books at £24, and in the patronage
of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who appoints a fellow,
or one who has been a fellow, of Merton College, Oxford.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, stands on a high hill,
at the foot of which is the church-yard and village.