DENTON (NETHER), a parish in.EsKDALE ward, county of CUMBERLAND, 5 miles (E.N.E.) fromBrampton, containing 278 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £4. 5. 2., endowed with £400 private benefaction,, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is dedicated to St. Cuthbert. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Irthing, and abounds with free stone and lime-stone, besides a considerable quantity of shell-marl. Denton hall was formerly the seat of the Dentons, the old tower of which has been converted into a farm-house.